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Public Submit 300 Ideas For Cross Island Use
More than 300 ideas were submitted for the use of nine acres of reclaimed land at the Royal Naval Dockyard. “The number of submissions was astonishing given that we only had a handful of weeks to publicise this,” said Wayne […]
Read moreBEST & Greenrock Join Forces on Plans for Cross Island
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainabiliy Taskforce (BEST), has joined forces with Greenrock, another environmental watchdog group, to ensure that environmentalists have a “voice” on how to best use the nine acres of newly reclaimed land at Cross Island after the America’s […]
Read moreBEST Comments on Cross Island Consultation
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] said they “would like to applaud the Cross Island Committee on their outreach and consultation efforts seeking ideas for making best use of Cross Island, once the America’s Cup Event Village has vacated the […]
Read moreJonathan Starling Joins Cross Island Committee
The head of one of Bermuda’s leading environmental charities has agreed to join a committee tasked with helping to find a lasting use for nine acres of reclaimed land. Jonathan Starling, the Executive Director of Greenrock, will sit on the […]
Read moreSouth Basin/Cross Island: End-use Consultation
The West End Development Corporation (WEDCo) is the primary driving force behind the various efforts to develop the Dockyard area. In the old days, their mandate to develop was almost unfettered — certainly they didn’t have to inform, much less […]
Read moreBEST criticism over Cross Island Plans
The West End Development Corporation maintained that it is keeping an open mind on the future of the Cross Island Marina project. And while the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce criticised the quango for failing to publicise its suggestions for the […]
Read moreBEST: Cross Island Suggestions Not Revealed
Since WEDCo held its first public consultation meeting on the end-uses for the Cross Island landfill a list of the suggestions put forward has not been publicly revealed which “suggests that WEDCo is setting itself up to repeat the mis-steps that […]
Read moreSouth Basin Development BEST wins again in Supreme Court
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) today announced success in its appeal to the Supreme Court against the decisions by the Development Applications Board (DAB) and the Minister responsible for Planning regarding the South Basin. BEST’s Court action yielded a result that permits the South Basin landfill […]
Read moreSouth Basin Turnaround
Revised Planning Decision For South Basin Area – Bernews, September 10, 2105 Fahy revises decision on South Basin – The Royal Gazette, September 10, 2105. Text reproduced below: Planning decisions for an America’s Cup development at the South Basin in Dockyard […]
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