Officials and the developer who proposes to place a floating dock in the Falmouth Harbour were brought together before the Cabinet, to learn of the choices involving the floating dock and to seek approval to utilize the seabed for the floating dock.
The developer explained that the yachting industry in the Falmouth Harbour continues to grow, and the demand for more docking space requires an innovative approach.
He received the approval and then had the authorization suspended, even as the equipment arrived Antigua.
The team agreed on certain specifications that would allow the floating dock to be constructed, and the Cabinet has given its tentative approval until such time as the agreement is reduced to a writing.
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Something is very strange here. Who gave permission and then withdrew the permission? Is this the way government works? Or is there a cover up here and the permission is now being sought? If permission was granted , were duty free concessions also issued for the floating docks? Someone needs to answer. This is not a good picture for either local or overseas investors. I wish there was some organisation here that has an investigative arm as the media in Antigua does not seem to have the resources to dig and follow stories.
I know the developer and the back story. Yes there is a story nobody knows going on here. Simply put the surveyor came out and said that there was not enough manoeuvring space if the docks were put in their proposed space so the permit was not granted. All the while the docks had been ordered and landed. I feel it is a case of one very rich man pushing a bad idea and not wanting to take no as an answer.
Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! “The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.” ― Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth!
When will this madness – this lack of Strategic and Master Planning Cease! This “Small Place” some 108 square miles, and, getting smaller with time and space resultant from environmental degradation with 365 indented land forms “where the beach is just the beginning” is beautiful! “… The beauty of it seems as if it were stage sets for a play, for no real sunset could look like that; no real seawater could strike that many shades of blue at once; no real sky could be that shade of blue – another shade of blue, completely different from the shades of blue seen in the sea – and no real cloud could be that white and float just that way in that blue sky:” – Jamaica Kincaid: A Small Place!
The subject proposed development sent this voice in the wilderness to his library to exhume “Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan (SIRMZP) for Antigua and Barbuda (including Redonda) completed in 2011 and enacted in 2012! SIRMZP is not Perfect! SIRMZP is a good Start! SIRMZP is built on the geotechnical and structural foundations of the NPDP and the Physical Planning Act(2003)! SIRMZP embraces the architecture of NEMMA & WFCA! Can our Champion, Par Excellence, Ambassador Madame Diann Black-Layne help the Moles to escape from Sorrows Furnace!
LEST WE REMEMBER!
“The Primary goal of the SIRMZP is to present a forward-looking, strategic national SPATIAL development framework that addresses current development issues and provides a platform for feasible private and public sector development initiatives that reflect local cultural values and aspirations over the next 20 years.” SIRMZP 2011! “An endless task, the cataloguing of reality. We accumulate facts, we discuss them, but with every line that is written, with every statement that is made, one has the feeling of incompleteness.” ― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks!
As we move ever so quietly and stealthily from “entrepreneurial socialism” to “empowerment capitalism” the “encirclement ring” continues apace with some four new huge Marinas and another two floating majestic Hotel docking facilities intent on swamping the unexploited coves! Is anyone concerned about the carrying capacity infrastructure of the land but also of the 95% People of African Descent as they continue to be pushed by centripetal forces towards the center from the margins!
When will GoAB, ABLP, UPP, DNA True Labour, All Trades Unions, NGO’s, and other Publics get their act together to move ahead collaboratively with a sustainable blue and green agenda, develop a Strategic Plan and National Development Plan to to deliver ecological, financial and social benefits for the 95% People of African descent!
“Many men, many, many, many, many men. Wish death ‘pon me. Lord, I don’t cry no more. Don’t look to the sky no more. Have mercy on me.” – 50 Cent! Why Oh Lord Why!
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