well we reckon to the International Airport the International Airport as all would know continues to remain a national imperative of national priority and of course we have firm commitment from the government of the People's Republic of China for the provision of financing for the airport and so we continue to be in direct contact with the government of officials of China on the airport so far this month we finalized the revised feasibility study which is a prerequisite for accessing the funding from the government of China this is this is 172 page document we delighted services of a consultant and we reviewed it internally and the consultation with other experts in respect to airport construction and that was forwarded to the Chinese authorities the the Chinese government has a team of people who ought to be arriving in Dominica in February of this year and the admission will be due to be here for a considerable time to finalize all the technical requirements now obviously with this current challenge confronting the Chinese authorities then we will have to look at the scheduling or the potential rescheduling of that technical team arriving in Dominica but that understanding will continues we have where we started our negotiations for the land all over lands were surveyed all of the lands were checked we have started negotiations with land owners and property owners and in the next few which will start payments to some other land owners who have concluded negotiations with the government negotiating team there is a three member government negotiate Tim in respect to acquisition of lands and properties in in the airport development area at a port site area and we open our Enix government's will conclude on only on the acquisition of lands the other action has to be taken is the more in-depth geotechnical studies of survey and so the first sec first portion first area will be acquiring would be the area where we have to do the geotechnical studies because that would require the drilling of some very large bores a very large force to allow for proper soil testing and to understand it geotechnical nature of this arm lands in the airport site the other thing we'll be doing in the next week or so is the appointment of international airport development committee of broad-based committee because the whole idea of the government is not for the government to be whole get this project by itself and for itself but to utilize the expertise available to it within the country and people who have an interest in seeing this project come true a reality and so that committee will go denominations or a committee will go to the cabinet next Tuesday for food well and of course will inform the nation of this to look at school workers will go in this is a national party for us we believe that with the presence of International Airport it was certainly complement the thrust in tourism the thrust in agriculture because people want to come in America they who want to come to the Americas tourists as visitors what we have to admit that their challenges regards to access and and and so the construction of the airport we believe that that can address the you challenge we have interval a access so we are on top of this the the airport project is under the portfolio the Prime Minister so I give day-to-day oversight to this project and he's a project that we are on the ball with and we are very confident you know that it will become reality for the people Dominica and so I want to thank the government of the People's Republic IRA for this and for the commitment to financing it because we all know that it be impossible for us as a niche for us as a nation to finance the effort by ourselves and so to have a friend and a development partner like China you know who who is committed to assisting us with the construction of the airport is certainly a wonderful gift to the people Dominica so the feasibility study document as I said 170 pages have been prepared and submitted to the Chinese authorities we are moving to an acquisition we have concluded negotiations we from several property land owners and pay mention once the car Bella proves payment to be made immediately thereafter and there is a second group of people we have to conclude with in all we have 59 different property owners when we have to negotiate with we have 39 people who negotiate and the varying sizes of plots and different buildings and properties and one thing where we offered the smaller property owners and I must thank that the people of West Lee would further than palm tree for the extraordinary cooperation you know I am I am personally I have said to them after time taken aback by the extraordinary cooperation because land acquisition what is what good deed or not there are always challenges and I can say so far we have gotten no resistance from body whatsoever in the western wooded area and palm tree area and I really want to commend them they have on their own established and of course we endorsed it and we supported the committee in Wesley of property owners that committee is chaired by teacher Gloria teacher where she inferred and made up of a number of property owners and we are in constant dialogue with them which we share information with them and the solid chairman I can stately probably the chairperson of that committee with mrs. correction for will also serve on the National Committee or for International Airport so that whatever information we have from the National Committee standpoint you can know take it back to the community along with the member Parliament on a program so I really want to finally to go Western would reduce and for that and that will make every effort to ensure that the payments are made in very quick order that is commensurate with the level of cooperation that they have demonstrated those fine I look forward to a continued cooperation and commitment because Alan every day this war country we have to give something to get something so I was saying in respect to the land people who have rooms especially in an area and so forth we are going to go with a land swap so the day themselves have identified government-owned land in the West Lee area that will be swapping with some of them who be interested in in remaining in West because the ideas are took a stick whose property and look a check and go no we have to be a little more sympathetic and understanding and we have been as a government sympathetic and empathetic understanding understanding the reality so a lot of people will be they'll be land swaps so they you have your house lot you have a house and at the Commons went by the house and land we will swap the line for you I will pay you for your for your for your home so annual a lot in Wesley where you can rebuild your home remaining Wesley eventually enjoy a bang it's of Internet Airport being in your community and we are also set to build 70 residences in Wesley that is a close to the Northeast comprehensive high school where homes were built also for people will be interested in getting a home as swap to the to the property so they're different mechanisms that we use in to compensate properly and adequately people for their properties and so forth so I really want to underscore this this is I'm certainly grateful to to them because that was always the government's I'm concern about the level corporation that when we get or they were never resistance I would we get and I can say thus far there has been absolutely no resistance from the part of the property owners and and so we look forward to making the first payments I really need to be about four million dollars that have been negotiated so far with some property owners and so four million dollars very soon will be circulated in the economy of Western what video