If you don’t want SCB Harbour Project, don’t vote me in – Fraser
“We got people who are talking about the Sea Cows Bay Harbour Development Project who don’t want it, well on November 7, vote them in, if you don’t want it, vote them in. Don’t vote me in, I am going to do it,” he firmly stated at a rally in Sage Mountain last evening October 31, 2011.
The district representative said there are people who do not want to see the 3rd district develop and this was the time for them to do so.
“If you want to oppose any development in the 3rd district, come now and do it. You got November 4th and you got November 7th,” he said.
He urged voters to “send a clear message to your representative” stating that the plans for the project has never changed and should not expect for anyone to change after they are put in office.
“If my people take me out of office, hey I wasn’t born in office, I go home,” he said.
Fraser, who is also the Minister for Communications and Works has come in for strong criticism by the opposition which they claimed was a private development that will benefit mainly one land owner.
However, at a meeting on October 21, 2011, he refuted those claims stating that the project, a government initiative, is for the entire harbour and not for one landowner.
“…Further all the work being carried on site is a government initiative for the entire harbour, from Simmonds Marina to the water plant.”
Ho. Fraser explained that the development would take place from Simmonds Marina leads pass the Forbes’, pass the Tobins, over to the mangroves, then it moves on towards Smith’s Reclamation, moves west pass the Smiths’, pass Mactavious, pass Springette, pass Forbes, pass the community centre and down to the water plant.
“Tell me if one family could possibly own all of that,” Hon. Fraser had said.
Meanwhile, NDP candidate Kevin Smith, speaking at his rally in Palestina Estate on October 20, 2011, had claimed that all of the proposed development in the district “is occurring on the Frasers’ property. I am dealing with the facts because right over my shoulder down there we have torn down the mangroves and the young people are asking me what about environmental protection? They are throwing dirt at the root of the mangroves where our marine lives are supposed to produce their hatcheries. So tell me where is the development in that? It proves as if there is one set of rules for one person and another set of rules for everybody else.”
The project is expected to be a transformation in the Sea Cows Bay area as it would have nine two-storey buildings for commercial investments;169,000sq ft of commercial space available; 2800 square feet of space designated to make available for a restaurant and a pub, which is to include varying levels of food service from fast food to formal dining; nine 200ft long jetties for approximately 125 yachts including provisions for mega yachts, water beds to accommodate yachts with drafts up to 15 feet and 79,000sq ft of office space will be available, secondary road or bypass will be placed parallel to Drake’s Highway.
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