{"id":19278,"date":"2018-08-27T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=19278"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:31:52","slug":"government-wants-amicable-solution-to-public-access-to-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-wants-amicable-solution-to-public-access-to-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Government wants amicable solution to public access to beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says while all beaches in Antigua and Barbuda are open and free to the public,\u2019 his administration is having to deal with the reality that landowners, particularly some hotels, are also seeking to ensure their own privacy and in the process, \u201care cutting off access to the beach\u201d.<\/p>

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Bowne, speaking on his radio programme over the last weekend, told listeners that the authorities are seeking to deal with the issue after some callers had indicated that they were unaware that there were private beaches here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll beaches are public. But before you get to the beach\u2026.people own land\u2026so what is happening is that in order to access the beach you have to walk through their private land and they are seeking to literally ensure their own privacy and in the process cutting off access to the beach,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>

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\u201cIn some instances, I believe you have to travel too far to get access. So we will have to now look at where we can create more convenient access for the people,\u201d Browne told radio listener, saying while he accepted their comments that there should be free access to the beaches, security reasons were also being used to deny public access to the beaches in the area by certain hotels.<\/p>

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Browne made special mention of the ongoing situation involving The Mill Reef Club, which is a 1,500-acre members-only club that includes five miles of shoreline and three islands on the east coast of Antigua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think any serious consideration was given to people having access to the beaches there,\u201d he said<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says while all beaches in Antigua and Barbuda are open and free to the public,\u2019 his administration is having to deal with the reality that landowners, particularly some hotels, are also seeking to ensure their own privacy and in the process, \u201care cutting off access to the beach\u201d. 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