Prospect Reef property now an eyesore, shame & disgrace– Skelton-Cline
“We need a decent four-star branded hotel and all of the other surrounding accoutrements to line that beautiful piece of the waterfront that has become a sore eye now for the last 10 to 12 years,” he said on his show on ZBVI 780 AM on June 6, 2023.
The commentator called it a shame and a disgrace and accused the government of not having the will to even demolish the buildings and clear the path for rebuilding.
The Prospect Reef Hotel and Resort was destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017 and has been left abandoned since then.
More beds needed in VI- Skelton-Cline
“If this government wants to flex its muscle as it enhances airlift, expand the runway, simultaneously you got to have beds and to ensure bodies in those beds and to ensure more planes [are] coming. American, Delta, JetBlue, you name it, people have to have places to lay their heads.
“Of course, we have a tremendous marine sector, which can also be expanded and we do have more beds on the water than we have on land, but that's not an excuse for us to continue to be derelict in our duty and not develop that space formally, Prospect Reef, and indeed our entire waterfront,” he added.
Recently, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said the now-defunct Prospect Reef Hotel and Resort is still being seen as one that can potentially cater to the business community.
“Very soon, I'll be engaging the Prospect Reef Board on issuing a Request for Proposal for development at Prospect Reef. We see Prospect Reef as a hotel that can offer convention center services to our business community and assist our business community in being able to host meetings, conferences et cetera,” Premier Wheatley told journalists at a press conference on May 2, 2023.
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28 Responses to “Prospect Reef property now an eyesore, shame & disgrace– Skelton-Cline ”
Regrettably.
Put it up for sale and cut all the unnecessary red tape so it is an attractive investment for someone.
This man and his advice is whats an eyesore and a disgrace. The fact that media outlets here still give this c****l airtime is an insult to the good people of this territory
All statitory Boards BVI Electricity, sociAL Security board
What the helL wrong with BVI Ports Authority.
We needs our monies its been almost 4 hards years.
Why is the port not paying 2020 increments. Paying patsy lake a set of money for her building.
The place mash up we got to work in them conditions. Why the Governor not looking into our monies. We need our incrementS. No memo nothing WE just sitting in the dark. Theses people come here taking our monies and doing all kinds of things with our monies. We got family too we also human beins just like every one of them. The managers making big pay checks we the workers cannot get nothing. You gave the board members a raise but yet BVI Port staff cannot get anything. Pay us. Its high time someone look at our interest. Everytime something going with the monies. Honorable wheathley said the budget past for the increment and april the first quarter done gone. Not even a memo to explain why we didnt received our monies. BVI PORT STAFF NEED THEIR MONIES TOO. TOO MUCH LAIRS IN THIS PORT. SOMEONE NEED TO EXPLAIN WHATS HAPPENING. WE NEED OUR MONEY. PLEASE. THEN ALL WE HEARING IS GOSSIP WE GOING GET IT SOON AND STILL NOTHING.
STOP THE DAM LIES.
WE GOING TAKE THIS TO THE MEDIA. SOMETHING GOING ON. WE NEED OUR MONIES PLS.
The Government has their own responsibilities and they need to remove from things which the community can do do help themselves. ...
The reason there is no 4 star or otherwise hotel there is because people who know about hotels dont think it would work