Atlantic Highway Program

The Atlantic Highway Program was a infrastructure program proposed by the Morelli administration in 1974. The program was ratified the same year, and a three-year funding program began. The program took most its funds from gambling tax incomes, which was a tax that was added the same year.

The program seeked to find a final solution for the growing traffic problems and volumes between the airport, downtown areas, and the outer islands. When the funds had been collected in the spring of 1977, construction workers began on constructing Atlantic Highway 1, which was a proposed limited access highway and a vital part of the program. The program also gave funding for better bus stops to be made on public roads. Some of the program money also went towards rebuilding the airport terminal.