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Good day! First of all
let me apologize to my readers for such a long lapse since posting an article.
Circumstances beyond my control plus work pressures have all had their fair
share in this delay.
However I was kinda pushed to write this
piece, when I read a tweet on my tweeter account -"Invest St Lucia and the
Government of SLU will today be engaged in the Sod Turning Ceremony of the
Fairmont Hotel, Sab Wisha, Choiseul. The event is hosted by Invest St Lucia."
Wow!
I had already gotten
wind of this when the Minister for Tourism made mention of this in his
presentation at the House last Tuesday. However the day was not mentioned.
Bravo!
Remember
this post http://choiseul-inform.blogspot.com/2016/03/sunset-bay-resort-choiseul-dream-come.html Read before continuing.
Coming to think about
this, my respect for our District Representative has quadrupled. Unlike the
members on the other side of the divide who appear to destroy/get rid of
everything which bears the signature of the United Workers Party whenever the former comes into office after being in opposition - the Balembouche/Rivere Doree Lands is a shining example but this is for another show.
Bradley, the Rep, has
made it crystal clears that anything he comes across whether it is by the SLP
or not, once it will benefit his constituents he will continue with it. Don't
be surprised if you hear the SLP surrogates say that this Hotel is a Lorne
project. No its not or to be fair,partly.
The resort when is
expected to:-
1. Project
costing between one hundred and seventy to two hundred million US
dollars,
2. Expected
to be a four and a half to five star boutique-type property.
3. Include a
craft component enabling craft to be produced and sold at the resort.
4. Major job
opportunities during the different phases of construction of the Sunset Bay
resort, utilizing the number of skilled workers of the Choiseul community.
5. Expand
opportunities for tourism linkages including tours, taxis, fisheries and
agriculture,
Lorne knew very well
that the propaganda he was spreading before the elections about the sod turning
ceremony was solely a ploy to get votes. Nothing was in place to get this
project off the ground because Planning had not given the Ok, "They
are expecting all things being equal, from start to completion to take between
fourteen to sixteen months,” he reiterated.
Plans were not finalized and so much had to be done that was still pending, so to say that he Lorne was about to go ahead with the sod turning ceremony was a political bluff - SLP's forte.
The sod turning ceremony is expected to start at 3:00 pm today. Present at the ceremony will be the The Hon Prime Minister, The Minister of Tourism, The District representative, Chairpersons from the different Constituencies and Invest St Luc
The general public is invited.
