Let Your Voice Be Heard: Contact Government & Media NOW

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: An application has been received at the Harbour Island District Council office, wherein Tyrone Roberts of Nassau has filed an application for a 5-year conditional purchase lease of 32 acres of Crown Land consisting of Girls Bank north and west of the BEC power plant, on which he intends to erect a resort and 160-slip marina at an estimated cost of $2.2 million. The application for lease of crown lands is dated Feb 26, 2002. : Mr. Roberts - son of the current owners of the Nassau Yacht Haven and the former owners of the Roberts Harbour Club and Roberts Beach Club in Spanish Wells -- has also filed an application under the Building Regulations Act, the Town Planning Act 1961 & the Private Roads and Supervision Act 1961. There is an artist's sketch accompanying the applications which shows a network of canals, islands, roads and bridges spanning the existing bonefish flats with docks, buildings to house guest services and restaurants, boutiques and shops and about 36 guest cottages scattered about the outer islands of the development. : A public meeting has been scheduled to address this proposal. It will be held on April 4 at 7:30 pm at the Anglican Parish Hall on Colebrook Street. Everyone should attend. Please take a few moments to fax or e-mail the representatives noted below to show your opinion of the planned development, and please cc: info@briland.com so that we can track the effectiveness of this campaign. Thank you so much for participating! : Goombay - : The Briland Modem Team : Suggested letter, which we hope that you will personalize to suit your taste: : Ladies and Gentlemen: : The Harbour Island community has just learned of the application received by its District Council office, wherein Tyrone Roberts of Nassau proposes to take that open space known as Girls Bank and erect a resort and 160-slip marina on the bank itself and on the adjoining 32 acres of undeveloped Crown Land. The community of Harbour Island wishes to express its displeasure with such a proposal, given that Girls Bank represents a key element of Harbour Island's fragile marine ecosystem. The Girls Bank flats are an important filter for those bonefishing flats located northwest of Harbour Island harbour proper, and their destruction would greatly impact the area bonefishing, bottom-fishing and conching industries. : Our Crown Land is not for sale. We have been frustrated in the past with Nassau's tendency to override Harbour Island's local interests by making crown land available for sale to the highest bidder, but have now decided to make our voices heard. : We politely request that the powers-that-be that encouraged this application reconsider its decision to develop Girls Bank, and to instead focus on rebuilding the presently fragile infrastructure of Dunmore Town's roads, water and power supply. : Regards - : Your signature here : The right folks to contact: : The applicant, Tyrone Roberts : Tel 242-393-8173 (Bus.) 242-393-7300 (Res.) : Bahamas Investment Authority : Philip Miller, Managing Director : Tel 242 327 5826/Fax 242 327 5807 - E-mail: investbahama@batelnet.bs : Harbour Island's Minister of Parliament, The Hon. Alvin Smith : Tel 242 328 5992/Fax 242 322 8140 : Office of the Prime Minister : Permanent Undersecretary, Teresa Butler : Tel 242 327 5826/Fax 327 5807 : Ministry of Works : Anita Bernard, Permanent Undersecretary : Tel 242 325 1421/Fax 242 322 6629/E-mail: hilbern@batelnet.bs : Harvey Roberts, Harbour Island Ministry of Works : Hroberts242@yahoo.com : The Hon. Cephas Cooper, Harbour Island Administrator : Tel 242 333 2275/Fax 242 333 2268 : Osborne Weech, North Eleuthera Ministry of Works : Tel 242 335 1561/Fax 242 335 1483 : Tracy Neeley, Coordinator - North Eleuthera Ministry of Works : Fax: 242 335 1385 : Ministry of Tourism : Tommy Turnquest, Minister : Tel 242 302 2000/Fax 242 302 2098/E-mail oaturnquest@bahamas.com : Ministry of Transport : Archie Nairn, Permanent Undersecretary : Tel 242 394 0445/Fax 242 394 5920/E-mail: mtalg@lycos.com : The best media to contact: : Nassau Guardian : Patrick Rogers, Managing Editor : Tel 242-302-2305/Fax 242 328 8943/E-mail: pwalkes@bahamainfo.com : Nassau Tribune : John Marquis, News Editor : Tel 242 322 2270/Fax 242 328 2398 : Fred Mitchell Unplugged : Timbuktu@batelnet.bs : ZNS Channels 1 and 2, FM Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas : Tel 242 322 3826/Fax 242 322 3924 : Island FM 102.9 : News directors Christine Russell, Katie Longley : Tel 242 322 8826/Fax 242 356 4515 : Reporter Vaughnique Toote, E-mail: tootz23@hotmail.com : 100 Jamz FM : Tel 242 328 4771/Fax 242 356 5343 : Tribune Radio : Tel 242 328 4772/Fax 242 356 5343 : The Bahama Journal : Tel 242 325 3082/Fax 242 325 3996 : Cariba : 242 356 9071/Fax 356 9073

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