John McCarthy
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A tractor-trailer collision that damaged several utility poles at the Crown Bay Sandfill on St. Thomas has left the area without electricity, authorities said.
Due to the outage, U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is unable to provide cargo clearance services at its Crown Bay Sandfill office, the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) said.
CBP has temporarily relocated its cargo clearance operations to the Edward Wilmoth Blyden Marine Terminal at the Charlotte Amalie Waterfront for today only, according to VIPA.
Customers may call the CBP office at the Blyden Terminal at (340) 774-6755.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) is currently on-site replacing the poles and will work to restore electrical service.
Telephone service to the area is also disrupted and is being restored by Viya. Restoration is expected to take several hours.
While the repairs are ongoing, vehicular traffic to the sandfill is only allowed at the Frenchtown gate entrance.
The gate near the former Addelita Cancryn Junior High School has been closed until WAPA completes the repairs. VIPA apologizes for any inconvenience caused.
