The BVI already has approximately $140 million in outstanding public debt. Among other things the bond underwriters and rating agencies will look at hard is the BVIs past construction debacles (Peebles Hospital), the reputation of the contractor, the declining financial service industry, and the likelihood the project will be completed on budget and on time. If this project gets funded and moves forward it has the possibility of torpedoing the BVI economy if all of the rosy projections are proven wrong.