Barbados has lost one of its outstanding engineers.
Acting Chief Technical Officer of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources Philip Tudor has died.
Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw praised the contribution of Tudor who served at the MTW for almost four decades.
Below is the full statement issued by the Acting Prime Minister:
I am truly saddened today, having learnt a few hours ago of the passing of a dear colleague at the
Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Mr. Philip Tudor. The fact that I was aware
that he became critically ill a few weeks ago and had been hospitalised ever since has not made the
news any easier to bear.
Philip, who took over as Acting Chief Technical Officer just over two months ago on August 28,
was for many Barbadians, and certainly for his colleagues at the Ministry, the face of MTWW. It
would not be inaccurate to say that very little took place at the Ministry in which he did not have a
hand. Whether it was roads, bridges, drainage, road reinstatement, projects or management of the
depots all roads at MTWW inevitably led to Philip Tudor.
In fact, when it comes to the public infrastructure of Barbados, one does not have to travel very far
in any direction from our headquarters in The Pine, to see his work — whether it is the drainage
system in Garden Land or Murphy Pasture; bridges at Bath, Newcastle, Morgan Lewis or Pie
Corner; landslide mitigation structures at Spring Vale, Trio Path or Coconut Grove; or major road
projects such as the recently completed rehabilitation of one half of Highway One, the recently
started short roads programme, the IDB Global Roads Project, the CAF Project or the Scotland
District Road Rehabilitation Project.
Philip’s footprint has been indelibly stamped on the landscape of Barbados through an almost four-
decade career at MTWW, dating back to September 1986, when he started out as a Technical
Officer. But the legacy he has left is not limited to the public service, since his engineering design
skills can be seen in such projects as Mango Bay Hotel and Island Inn Hotel.
A Civil Engineering graduate of the University of the West Indies and Louisiana Tech. University,
and a member of the Engineers Registration Board of Barbados, the Soil Conservation Board and
the Barbados Association of Professional Engineers, and a fellow of the International Road
Federation, Philip served his country with distinction and I am in no doubt that his voice and his
guidance will be deeply missed as we complete many of the projects which were started by Philip.
On behalf of the Prime Minister and fellow members of the Cabinet, Dr Romel Springer,
Parliamentary Secretary as well as the entire team at the Ministry, I extend sincere condolences to
his wife Dr. Lesandra Tudor, his son Alair, and other members of the Tudor family, on his passing.
We owe you all so much for lending him in service to his country these many years.
May his soul rest in peace.
Hon. Santia Bradshaw, M.P.
Acting Prime Minister
