Commissiong questions integrity of T&CP

One legal practitioner has called the integrity of the Town and Planning Unit into question.

Speaking during the Town Hall Information Session for the redevelopment of the Blue Horizon Hotel property that took place at Accra Beach Hotel and Spa Thursday night, political and social activist, David Comissiong believed that his position on the matter should mean something, if not for the developers, Blue Tourism Inc., but for the Town and Country Developers.

“I have serious concerns about the integrity of a Town and Country Planning Department that could come here tonight saying that a Town Hall Meeting such as this is a necessary component of the process of processing this application for planning the commission for hotel on the land side of the beach, ten stories; when three years ago, they gave permission to build a hotel on the beach of Barbados, 15 stories high without having a single Town Hall Meeting,” he said.

“So I have serious concerns.” He noted that he was also concerned by the fact that the Unit was prepared to go to court to say that they have done nothing wrong.

“They really need to tell this audience here if is this exercise is part and parcel to an Environmental Assessment that they have instructed or ordered the developers to do, and if that is the case they need to be very clear about the studies they have instructed the developers to carry out, how and when the results of this study will be shared with the public of Barbados. So we need to be serious, don’t take us through some mock sport exercise bringing public relations people to tell us a lot of foolishness,” he said.

“Come with facts, is there an environmental impact assessment, what are the studies, where are the results of those studies and how do you prepare to share them with the public of Barbados.”