In a rare gesture, the government has renamed a major road after a late senior civil servant, with the Pine East-West Boulevard now bearing the name of Philip Adrian Howard Tudor, recognising the former Chief Technical Officer’s decades of contribution to the country’s infrastructure.

Highways and roundabouts have generally been named for government leaders, cabinet ministers, parliamentarians and cricket icons.

Prime Minister Mia Mottley joined Deputy Prime Minister and area MP Santia Bradshaw, Minister of Transport and Works Kirk Humphrey, officials and members of Tudor’s family on Thursday afternoon to unveil the Philip Adrian Howard Tudor Boulevard sign, marking what the government said was the first of two permanent tributes to the late engineer’s legacy.