Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Ginger Moxey said the Davis Administration is writing a new chapter for Grand Bahama, building a nation that puts people first and growing an economy that recognizes the dignity of every worker.
“We are writing a new chapter for Grand Bahama — one of resilience, of renewal and of results. We are not done. But we are on the right track. And we are moving — not backwards, but forward together,” she said.
During her contribution to the 2025/2026 Budget Debate in Parliament, Minister Moxey noted that the Government is delivering on its promises which is evidenced in the more than $3 billion of major investments presently underway in the nation’s second city.
Among the projects listed is the $827 million Grand Lucayan Redevelopment; the $700 million Celebration Key; the $665 million Grand Bahama Shipyard; the $348 million Xanadu Beach Project; the $210 million Freeport Health Campus; the $100 million RCCL Harbour Cruise Port Development and the $73 million Liwathon at South Riding Point.
“I am so accustomed to riddling off the number of major investments happening now on Grand Bahama, that most times I don’t believe we get to fully appreciate the magnitude of what’s happening,” she said.
Minister Moxey pointed out that Grand Bahama remains the fastest growing destination in The Bahamas, with air arrivals up 14.5%; and, it is predicted that with the opening of Celebration Key next month, sea arrivals will skyrocket.
Additionally, she said, by the year 2028, the government is projecting that Grand Bahama will be home to six million annual visitors.
With projects such as the airport redevelopment, the Bazaar and Royal Oasis Acquisition, the West Sunrise Highway road reopening, the O2 Resort and Marina, Western Atlantic University School of Medicine (Phase III/IV), Water’s Cay Dock and Sweeting’s Cay Dock also on the drawing board and the soon-to-be-completed Doctor’s Hospital ‘Flagship Facility,’ Xquisite Yacht, University of The Bahamas North Campus and the Pine Forest Park, Minister Moxey reiterated the call she made three years ago for Bahamians to come back home.
“I wanted Grand Bahamians near and far to prepare for the new opportunities ahead. The call to come back home was to prepare people to step up, seize these opportunities, and be in a position for the transformation that was about to take place,” she said.
The minister went on to list completed projects namely, the Winn Building in Downtown Freeport; Solomon’s; Parliamentary Registration; Labour and the Public Service; the Grand Union Building; the reopening of McLean’s Town Primary School; Obadiah H. Wilchcombe Complex; the Eight Mile Rock High Gymnasium; Doctor’s Hospital in Eight Mile Rock and Heritage Park.
