TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums St. Maarten - St. Martin Infrastructure can't handle the rains and flooding

We stay at LaVista Beach 5/7 weeks per year for several years and are very familiar with Billy Folly Rd. I have been told by another long time LVB owner that the first section of BFR from Welfare Rd. to Juliets Restaurant is actually on private land owned by the adjacent properties. In order to upgrade this section of the road would require cooperation and funding from these owners. Has anyone else heard of this?