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from the BVI Beacon.....about the proposed jetty
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from the BVI Beacon.....about the proposed jetty
JVD residents oppose jetty
Thursday, 21 June 2007
This is the crystal blue bay that gave the painkiller and the soggy dollar its name. And for as long as anyone can remember, swimming has been the way to reach to shore. Now, a proposed wooden jetty that would connect boat passengers to land has sparked controversy at White Bay, Jost Van Dyke.
In a handwritten petition sent to the Beacon, local businesspeople and landowners said they oppose the construction of the jetty on White Bay. The petition was also sent to the Chief Ministers Office, the Conservation and Fisheries Department and Town and Country Planning. A second petition posted online and signed by more than 3000 people - many of them tourists who have visited JVD in the past- opposes the jetty on "environmental" and safety grounds.
In Jan. 2006, former Chief Minister Cyril Romney submitted an application to the Ministry of Natural Resources requesting permission to lease the seabed to construct a jetty on White Bay beach.
A review of the application and other documents at the Conservation and Fisheries Department shows that the proposed jetty is 120 feet long and eight feet wide. Mr. Romney's property at White Bay comprises almost 4.6 acres, of which about three acres is a salt pond.
"We received an application last year to install a jetty at White Bay," Deputy Chief Conservationist Kelvin Penn said in an interview in his office last week. "We also received a petition against the installation of the jetty from the people of JVD. We will consider this information in sending our [assessment] to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour."
Like any other project of this kind, the application must also be reviewed by the Executive Council and the Town Country Planning Department before approval, Mr. Penn said
In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Joanna Newling-Ward, a manager at the Romney Group, said, "There used to be a dock in front of the Romney property but it was washed away and [we] just wanted to re-create a dock."
Thursday, 21 June 2007
This is the crystal blue bay that gave the painkiller and the soggy dollar its name. And for as long as anyone can remember, swimming has been the way to reach to shore. Now, a proposed wooden jetty that would connect boat passengers to land has sparked controversy at White Bay, Jost Van Dyke.
In a handwritten petition sent to the Beacon, local businesspeople and landowners said they oppose the construction of the jetty on White Bay. The petition was also sent to the Chief Ministers Office, the Conservation and Fisheries Department and Town and Country Planning. A second petition posted online and signed by more than 3000 people - many of them tourists who have visited JVD in the past- opposes the jetty on "environmental" and safety grounds.
In Jan. 2006, former Chief Minister Cyril Romney submitted an application to the Ministry of Natural Resources requesting permission to lease the seabed to construct a jetty on White Bay beach.
A review of the application and other documents at the Conservation and Fisheries Department shows that the proposed jetty is 120 feet long and eight feet wide. Mr. Romney's property at White Bay comprises almost 4.6 acres, of which about three acres is a salt pond.
"We received an application last year to install a jetty at White Bay," Deputy Chief Conservationist Kelvin Penn said in an interview in his office last week. "We also received a petition against the installation of the jetty from the people of JVD. We will consider this information in sending our [assessment] to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour."
Like any other project of this kind, the application must also be reviewed by the Executive Council and the Town Country Planning Department before approval, Mr. Penn said
In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Joanna Newling-Ward, a manager at the Romney Group, said, "There used to be a dock in front of the Romney property but it was washed away and [we] just wanted to re-create a dock."
