Young people in Anguilla who have been clamouring for a car racing track are now having their dreams fulfilled. The Executive Council has given its approval to the idea and is to make available an area of land west of the Corito landfill site for this purpose.

In making the announcement, Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming stated that a number of youngsters were racing their cars illegally. It is known that they have been using the Jeremiah Gumbs Highway in the Little Harbour/Blowing Point area as a race track where the speed limit has now been increased from 30 miles to 50. Their use of this road has resulted in frequent police patrols there.

“We want to provide a facility whereby the young people can legally race their vehicles,” said Mr. Fleming. “I personally believe it is a very nice sport to be involved in. It is not dangerous. It is something for the young people to be engaged in; and it is something we can use to keep them off the streets.”

The Chief Minister said the Government had instructed its Lands and Surveys Department to identify the land for them at the western end of the exiting Corito dump. “Our instructions are that they must be given at least a mile of road. The Government will be involved in getting it ready for them. We intend to put it under the Ministry of Sports because we have to develop our sporting activities in Anguilla.”

Mr. Fleming added: “I want the young people to know that we are working in their behalf because we don’t want them to continue to break the law.”

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