PHILIPSBURG:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin announced on Wednesday that the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday that the road work (phase 1) which is Back Street will soon begin. Marlin said that Front Street was done just prior to carnival and that government saw it fit to start the much-needed road work on Back Street since that street is in bad shape. The Prime Minister said the road work will include other infrastructural work which includes installation of sewage lines and other cables.