United Progressive Party (UPP) candidate Harold Lovell has outlined an ambitious development vision for All Saints West, describing the constituency as uniquely positioned to become a national model through coordinated investment in infrastructure, youth programmes, and community planning.
According to Antigua News Room, Lovell made the remarks during a town hall meeting in Buckleys, where he highlighted the constituency's considerable electoral and geographic weight.
"All Saints West… consists of almost 10% of all the voters in Antigua and Barbuda," Lovell said, adding that the area accounts for "about 20 percent" of the country's total landmass.
He pointed to the constituency's geographic position — bordering nearly every parish while remaining entirely landlocked — as a defining characteristic that amplifies its development potential.
"It's a large constituency with tremendous potential… we have the potential to become the model constituency of Antigua and Barbuda," he told supporters.
Lovell argued that realising that potential would require a unified approach across multiple sectors. "The issues of infrastructure, of health, community development, youth, all of these must be brought into one package so that we can create a new future," he said, emphasising that the priority must be "mainly for the young people who live in All Saints West."
A significant portion of his address centred on the state of roads within the constituency, which he described as inadequate given the level of public revenue currently being collected. "There's no reason why All Saints West should be in the condition that it is in, especially as far as the road infrastructure is concerned," Lovell said.
He questioned the impact of a recent 40 percent increase in vehicle licensing fees, challenging residents to consider "what has come of all the money that has been collected."
Lovell also raised transparency concerns over the government's borrowing for roadworks. "We have a ridiculous situation… [the government is] borrowing $100 million for roadworks, and we haven't seen a plan up to now," he said, likening the absence of a strategy to approaching a bank for a loan without a proposal. "The first thing they're going to ask you for is a plan. What is your plan?"
Lovell concluded by contrasting residents' personal investment in their homes and communities with what he described as a failure of public infrastructure to keep pace, pledging a more structured and accountable approach should he win the seat.
