Anegada has prospects for 'real second airport' in VI - Skelton-Cline
"It's a good place to have a real second airport... I know there's been ideas floated before about airport expansion, but Anegada also needs and is open for some industries," he said.
Mr Skelton-Cline, a government consultant, detailed his suggestions on the Tuesday, August 11, 2020, edition of the radio show 'Honestly Speaking' on ZBVI 780AM, pointing to the topography of the island as another major factor for building an airport there.
The island currently has a small airport, the Auguste George International Airport.
High cost savings - Skelton-Cline
Mr Skelton-Cline said while the government still has a commitment to also expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island, the sister island of Anegada is a worthy revisit for discussions on the subject.
"Anegada, that flat land... that stone, in terms of cost, available funds, any potential developers... Anegada will be a great spot for a real second airport," Mr Skelton-Cline said.
"We need to have some meaning discussions... but it's a worthy revisit if, for no other reason, the cost that I think would be minimal in comparison to what we have seen and heard floated around in the last eight, nine years as it relates to the airport on the mainland."
Skelton-Cline also suggested that a major Anegada airport would create other auxiliary benefits for the people.
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19 Responses to “Anegada has prospects for 'real second airport' in VI - Skelton-Cline”
Not a bad idea especially in cases of medical emergency evacuation. Tortola air ambulance can get there. However, the boat system works well for regular travel.
I couldn't help the thought: "I wonder if this is so that you can get another consultancy job on this matter? Money running out?". The state the country in right now there is no money for consultancy. Let's come up fast with solutions so that we can eat bread when the financial services industry revenue shrinks or go completely.
The "rich" feeling the pandemic now.
Anegada could wait for now.
We have to watch our spending in these hard trying economic times.
Wen we going to learn ...that all we do destroy the gem of the island we gone build concrete buildings on farm land now we some at a point of looking were we go get thing to eat ...
1. Anegada's delicate ecological nature which should be preserved;
2. Distance of Anegada from the rest of the Territory and corresponding difficulty in transfers, including rough waters and reef system; and
3. Threat of climate change hazard impacts to which Anegada is particularly vulnerable because of its low-lying, flat nature. These include hurricanes and flooding.
Often wish we would consider things properly including the lessons we have learned and the reasons why we have eschewed certain paths, rather than regularly going around in circles with the brightest new idea which was actually a discarded old one - discarded for a reason!