VIPD Issues Traffic Advisory For Melvin Evans Highway

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Police News, St. Croix News

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Police Department said that the Melvin H. Evans Highway will close temporarily tomorrow.

Route 66 and (Northside Road – Route 75 in the vicinity of the old HOVENSA Training School will be closed to through traffic from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., according to the VIPD.

“We encourage motorists to avoid this area during this time and use alternative routes such as Queen Mary Highway,” VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said. “We ask for the public’s cooperation and apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause,”

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.