Roads Restoration of Oranjestad 17th Century Look

Van Tonningen Weg
Paramira Weg
Fort Oranjestraat

Oranjestad Road Restoration Project
The restoration of Oranjestad road project has started to take shape. This is especially so, in collaboration with the Historical Core Project which begun in 1996 for the restoration of a section of the traditional gingerbread houses in vaous locations in downtown Oranjestad. In the first quarter of 1997, a Monument Ordinance for the whole island was presented to the Executive Council and Island Council for approval. The Executive Council and the Island Council approved the ordinance. The road restoration project begun in October 2006. The roads taken into account and approved for the road restoration project are; a section of Fort Oranjestraat, Wilhelminaweg, a section of Van Tonningenweg, short section of Pararmiraweg, Emmaweg, Kerkweg, Breedeweg, and Damsteeg. Van Tonningenweg, Wilhelminaweg, Emmaweg, Daamsteeg and Pararmiraweg is now completed, leaving Fort Oranjestraat, Kerkweg, and Breedeweg to be completed. Both projects have been financed by Dutch Development Funds. Planning Bureau is coordinating the project and is scheduled to be completed in August or September 2008. Oranjestad has really taken on a brand new look. The town of Oranjestad has already the look of an attractive antique town of the 17th and 18th century.