The Grenada Land Actors Platform delivered a letter to the Physical Planning Unit, (PPU) on Friday, 11 September following increased concerns from its members that upcoming land development projects in Grenada might be unsustainable and that their hasty implementation lacks proper governance, transparency with the public and due diligence.
Their letter, addressed to Carlton Frederick, head of the Physical Planning Unit, sets out their concerns about the lack of public consultation and transparency in the development of projects taking place in Mt Hartman, La Sagesse and Levera. Given the public reaction, it is evident that these sites are highly valued by local communities. The group further asserts that the project proposals available within the public domain, indicate that these projects pose a tremendous risk of causing irreparable damage to Grenada’s natural heritage and vital community assets.
The letter makes 4 key requests of the PPU, which would enable the group’s experts to provide constructive feedback and recommendations to these developments that accord with principles of sustainable development:
- They ask to be provided with the planning permission and conditions for the three projects, including plans and the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA).
- They raise alarm about the migrant workers dwellings built in Levera, which are worryingly close to the RAMSAR site and could contaminate it with sewage leaks.
- The group is concerned about the violations of the approved ESIA by the La Sagesse Six Sense Resort. Physical Planning has conceded that the infractions would be repaired by the developer, but no timeline has been established. With major construction at the La Sagesse Six Sense Resort slated to commence in October, it is of great concern that the proposed restoration of the La Sagesse pond and mangroves will actually never happen or will have little effect. Similarly, they are concerned about the status of the ESIA and the monitoring and oversight which should be accompanying the work being done by the Mount Hartman Resort Group Ltd. Accordingly, they request that a timeline be agreed upon by all parties for completion of these requirements. The goal is to ensure competent, faithful execution of this important restoration work, or protection and mitigation measures in the case of Mount Hartman, to avoid a second debacle like La Sagesse being repeated.
- Finally, the Physical Planning and Development Control Act 2016 empowers the minister to develop regulations to enable public participation throughout the preparation and public disclosure of the ESIA report. However presently no such law exists. In the absence of such regulations, the group prompts the PDA to outline the mechanisms by which the public can enter into genuine consultations with the developers and the government, which is essential to safeguard the long-term interest of our communities and the development of sustainable livelihoods on such critical projects.
The Grenada Land Actors Platform was created in 2018 and counts over 160 followers and 75 active members. The principles of the platform are pro-community, pro-environment, pro-sustainable development and pro-accountability. It is a non-partisan network of professionals, CBOs, NGOs, private land users and concerned citizens, who are invested in sustainable land management and putting people at the centre of land governance in Grenada. The goal of the platform is to ensure developer transparency, public oversight and government accountability. To achieve this goal the platform welcomes the diverse voices of all Grenadians – at home and abroad, urban and rural, young and old – to bring forward constructive solutions.
The public outcry over the devastating clearcutting of the La Sagesse site, in violation of Range Development’s own EIA recommendations, and the wave of similarly destructive development projects has indeed increased the need for a platform like this. On 29 August 2020, the group also started an online petition titled “Our Paradise and Sovereignty under Siege – Protect Grenada from Destructive Development!” on change.org (https://www.change.org/p/our-paradise-and-sovereignty-under-siege-protect-grenada-from-destructive-development). This petition has gathered over 5,800 signatures so far. The petition letter, addressed to the Chairman of the Physical Planning Unit, will be delivered at the end of September with all the signatures collected. Until then, concerned citizens still have a chance to add their signature in support of sustainable development of their national natural heritage.
More information about the group can be found on their website https://grenadaland.org and Facebook page www.facebook.com/grenadalandactors.
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Beautiful gorgeous Grenada land of SPICE. Imagine that gracious kingly name was sold to Jamaica.
Now personally having driven up LEVERA to witness NOTHINGNESS taking place there is deep sadness as to the outcome of any genuine truthful work taking place in any other region of Grenada for the sole purpose of improving this COUNTRY FOR THE GRENADIANS and not a few foreign exchange investors.
The hearfelt remorseless of being unable to help bring real closeness to this BREATHTAKING SCENERYS, is what mskes me eonder how to fully express what MASSIVE DAMAGE IS BRING COMMITED TO GODS LAND.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO DO GOOD BY GRENADA FOR GRENADIANS.
MAINTAIN REAL LOVE IN A POSITIVE TRUTHFUL Learning experiences. We either sell out the little we have or preserve it for our future generations.
I have personally witnessed the lies and the truth regarding how GRENADIANS FEEL ABOUT EITHER THEIR COUNTRY THE MOTHERLAND OR THEIR PRIME MINISTER.
If you are close to an official of the 15 minister’s appointed you get concessions.
You don’t have to LOVE OR RESPECT THE NATURAL PROCEDURES.
You just have to pay HOMAGES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
I BELIEVE WHILE THE COUNTRY IS CONTINUING TO BE ROBBED BY A FEW.
The main worry continues.
True governance is not what I see taking place in GRENADA.
GREED OR I SHOULD SAY GREEN IS THE NORM.
If you want things done for your benefit, then support GREEN.
IF YOU WANT DEVELOPMENT OF GRENADAS INFRASTRUCTURES VOTE FOR A NEW LEADER.
UNDOUBTEDLY THEIR IS NO REAL SOCIAL CARE OF GRENADIANS INFRASTRUCTURES.
DRIVE ALL OVER AND WHAT YOU WITNESS IS THE SHORT CHANGE OF THE MONEY SPENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES SHORT CHANGED TOO.
TAKE A DRIVE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONTINUATION TOWARDS ST ANDREWS.
ST ANDREWS ONE OF THE LARGEST PARISHES BLESS WITH EVERYTHING TO SUSTAIN THE COUNTRY BUT NOTHING EVER BEING ACCOMPLISHED.
ST ANDREWS IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA. THE MOST GREENERY IN AN ARGRICULTURAL STANDING IS ST ANDREWS.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS AREA WAS WORKED OUT WAS FOR THIS TO BE THE BREAD BASKET OF GRENADA.
WHERE HARVEST FESTIVALS AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES CELEBRATING GRENADIAN WEALTH SHOULD BE EXPOSED.
ST ANDREWS MAJOR HOSPITAL IS ON A PERFECT SITE.
IT’S POSITION SUPPORTS AN HELIPORT AND THEIR IS SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR EXPANSION TO INCLUDE A TEACHING HOSPITAL.
THE UNIVERSITY WHAT WAS ARRANGED FOR ST ANDREWS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
THE BUS TERMINAL IN ST ANDREWS THAT OPENED WITHOUT FANFARE WAS TO MY HEARTFELT PERCEPTION A DISGRACE.
YOU CAN’T CONTINUE DESTROYING ST ANDREWS AND SQUEEZEING EVERYTHING INTO ST GEORGES AN ALREADY OVERBURDEN PREGNANT WOMAN.
CAN’T YOU SEE THAT ST GEORGES IS A MAN AND CANNOT PRODUCE A BABY. ?
DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURES CREATES WEALTH.
REPLACE THOSE OFFICIAL WHO ARE IN ST ANDREWS THAT ARE UNDERACHIEVERS.
I CALL THEM UNDERACHIEVERS BECAUSE THE ROAD IS NOT BEING PROPERLY SURFACED.
THE CONTRACTS ARE GIVEN BUT NOTHING THAT SHOULD BE EXPOSED IS BEING EXPOSED.
I00 FOOT OF CONCRETE CONTRACT ON THE ROAD AND $10 A DAY FOR DEBUSHING.
ELECTION TIME THAT’S THE PAYMENT FOR GRENADIANS.
GRENLEC SUPPORTED THE PEOPLE BY GIVING SOME SOLAR POWER.
GRENLEC EVEN AFTER GOVERNMENT HEAVY TAX STILL MANAGE TO HAND OUT FUNDS FOR SOME VULNERABLE COMMUNITY.
THE GOVERNMENT DECLARED THIS BEHAVIOUR SHOULD CEASE AND THE MONEY INSTEAD SHOULD BE HANDED TO THE GOVERNMENT SO THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEEN AS THE ONE HANDING OUT THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE.
TO ENSURE NEXT ELECTION THEY WILL GET THE HOOD NAME.
ANY WORK THAT YOU SEE TAKING PLACE IN GRENADA IS THE ORDINARY PEOPLE COMING HOME AND DOING THEIR OWN PERSONAL CONSTRUCTION.
OR PEOPLE LIKE SANDALS WHO VENTURE WORLDWIDE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT GIVING AWAY.
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN GRENADA DOESN’T GENUINELY SUPPORT GRENADIANS. THE START A BUSINESS AND EVERY FIVE YEARS TO AVOID PAYING TAX THEY CHANGELES THEIR NAMES.
3O YEARS MY BROTHER- LAW WORKED AND RECEIVED NO PENSION. ALTHOUGH MANAGMENT REMAINED THE SAME THE NAMES WAS CHANGED. THEREFORE HE GOT NO LEG TO STAND ON.
HE DIED BROKEN HEARTED. THESE ARE THE REAL VICTIMS OF GOING GREEN.
I’VE SEEN PERSONALLY PEOPLE BEHAVING NORMAL UNTIL THEY PUT ON THE GREEN TEE SHIRT THEN THEY WANT TO KILL YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU WITNESS.
40 YEARS BIRCHGROVE ROADS REMAIN UNCHANGED IN THE CEMETERY WHERE THEY ALL COME FROM NEAR AND FAR TO BURY THEIR DEAD.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BIRCHGROVE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT I’VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO VISIT.
THE DAY I HEARD THAT THE PRESBUTERY WAS GIVEN $80 000 US TO BE BRING IT BACK TO ITS FULL GLORY I WAS PROUD. I KNEW THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR ST ANDREWS.
THEY SENT AWAY THE AFRICAN PRIEST WHO MEANT WELL.FOR THE AREA AND REPLACED HIM WITH SOMEONEELSE WHO HAD NO GOOD INTENTION FOR THE AREA OR ITS PEOPLE.
HISTORICALLY BIRCHGROVE USE TO HOLD HARVEST FESTIVALS AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES CELEBRATING GRENADIAN WEALTH.
I CALL THIS GRENADIANS WEALTH BECAUSE THEY SHARE WHAT THEY PRODUCE.
THEY TOOK CARE IF THEIR COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS GENUINE LOVE FIR THE COUNTRY AND IT’S PEOPLE.
IMAGINE YOURLOVE HAS BEEN DEVALUED.
HOW DID THE PRIME MINISTER BECOME WHO HE US TODAY IF IT WASN’T ON THE WEALTH OF AGRICULTURE.
WITHOUT FUNDS TO SEND HIM ABROAD TO GET EVERYTHING HIS HEARTS DESIRED HE COULDN’T HAVE BECOME PRIME MINISTER DR KEITH MICHELLE.
HIS PARENTS WORKED THE LAND AND GAVE HIM THAT UPLIFTMENT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THE ALMIGHTY TAKING OVER AND ABOVE ALL ELSE PUTTING BEAUTIFULL GRENADA BACK INTO AFRICAN DESCENDANTS HANDS.
WHEN A FOREIGN MAN SEES WHAT HE WANTS HE TAKES IT HE DON’T CARE ABOUT SENTIMENTALITY.
HE DOES NOT CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT YOURSELF.
NEGOTIATE GOOD TERMS FOR YOUR PEOPLE. ENSURE THAT THEIR PENSIONS ARE SAFEGUARDED.
SAFETY IN THE WORK PLACE. ENSURE AN AGREEABLE MINIMUM WAGE WITH THE UNION.
NATURAL RESOURCES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED EXPOSED GREED.
THE BEACHES IN ST ANDREWS ARE URGENTLY NEEDING SUPPORT.
WHEN YOU LOSE IT YOU CANNOT BLAME THE PRIME MINISTER.
BECAUSE HE’LL BE GONE. THIS IS OUR GENERATIONS FUTURE.
GRAVEL AND CONCRETE WAS BASED IN ST ANDREWS AND SQUEEZEING EVERYTHING INTO ST GEORGES IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
SELLING OFF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE TO TRINIDAD THEN BEGGING AFTER FOR GRAVEL TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION WORK IN GRENADA DOESN’T GENUINELY SUPPORT GRENADIANS. MAINTAIN REAL LOVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
YOUR BEACHES ARE BEING WASHED AWAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT SEAMOON IN ST ANDREWS.
TAKE A LOOK SAVING THEM BY INSTALLING HEAVY STONES ALONG YOUR SHORES.
PREVENT YEARLY DESTRUCTION OF YOUR FISHES BY THE ESCALATION OF DREGGERS FISHING IN THE OPEN SEA.
THEY DESTROY YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
THOSE SEAWEEDS CAN BE PREVENTED FROM COMING ASHORE IF YOU PURCHASE A DREGGERS AND USE TO COLLECT THIS MATERIAL. IT CAN BE USED FOR FOSSIL FUELS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
I WATCHED IN AMAZEMENT THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT EVERYONE PUT INTO SUPPORTING THE YOUNGSTERS RUNNING EACH YEAR IN THE STADIUM.
THE SHOUTING AND SCREAMING.
FROM THE BACK YOU SEE THE FULL FORCE OF POWER BEING DRIVEN .THE BARTON BEING PICKED UP AND PASSED TO THE NEXT CHILD. NO WHERE THERE DID I SEE GREEN OR RED.
I SAW CHILDREN STRIVING FOR SUCCESS. WANTING TO WIN. PUSHING THEIRSELVES TO ACHIEVE .I SAW FRIENDSFAMILESTEACHERSTEACHERS. EVERYONE WAS CONNECTED.
WE WERE ALL.CAUGHT UP IN THIS SPORT.
NOW PERSONALLY I HAVE NEVER SEEN ST GEORGES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TAKING PART IN ANY EVENT IN THE STADIUM.
I’VE NEVER SEEN A UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OR OFFICIAL WALKING AROUND GRENVILLE PURCHASING ANYTHING FROM THE MARKET OR IN THE LOCAL SHOPS.
UNLESS THEY WERE HIDING AMONGST THE CARNIVAL CROWD.
SHE A PERSON TELLS YOU THAT THEY ARE BRINGING IN INVESTORS INTO YOYR COUNTRY TO SUPPORT YOUR PEOPLE DEVELOP YOUR INFRASTRUCTURES AND YOU DON’T SEE NO PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT APART FROM 100 YDS OF ROAD AND YEARLY DEBUSHING WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY.
THE CHILDREN USE THE SAME SCHOOL BOOKS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
Since this is what we vote for we cannot complain. We have NO OPPOSITION PARTY.
IMAGINE ONE PARTY STATE.
THERE IS NO REAL GOVERNANCE IN A ONE PARTY STATE.
EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT.TO PRODUCE AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE.
NO PARTY IS THE WAY FORWARD. TOGETHER WE STAND DEVIDED WE FALL. DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN DON’T VOTE.
BY VOTING YOU ARE SUPPORTING FOREIFNERS.
FOREIGNERS WHO BRING IN THEIR HEADS OF STATE AND TAKE AWAY OUR COMMUNITY WEALTH. REPLACE THOSE OFFICIAL WHO ARE IN ST ANDREWS THAT OPENED WITHOUT FANFARE THEIR OWN MARKET.
LET WE SEE WHAT MESSAGE THAT WOULD GIVE THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
NO VOTE BECAUSE GRENADIANS ARE BEING LED BY THE LEADERLESS.
IF YOU GENUINELY LOVE YOYR COUNTRY DON’T SUPPORT ANYONE.
THEY GET IN AND BECOME GREEDY. THEY FORGET EVERYTHING ABOUT TRUTHFUL HONEST INTEGRATION FOR EVERYONE.
I NEVER SEE NO RICH MAN IN THE GRAVE WHATEVER YOU’RE FIGHTING FOR YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU.
THEY KILLED A REAL LEADER AND GET 30 YEARS.
GRENADA DEVALUED NOTHINGNESS TOOK OVER. WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU ARE GREEN AND CLOSE TO A MINISTER IT’S YOURS.
WHAT ABOUT CONSCIENCE. INTEGRITY.PROGRESSIVE THINKING.
BRAVERY IS STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT AND LETTING YOUR VOICE BE HEARD IN THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS.
LET GOD KNOW THAT YOU BELIEVE IN HIM AND NOT A MAN.
BECAUSE GOD SAID THEY SHALL BE NO OTHER GOD BUT HIM.
GRENADIANS IN GRENADA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT GODS IN CHARGE NOT MAN. LEAVE YOUR PLACE ALONE. STOP LOOKING FOR OTHERS TO DO WHAT IT TOOK YOU JUST FOUR GLORIOUS YEARS TO DO DURING MORRIS BISHOP REIGN.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH BE HONEST AND STAND FIRM.
WHERE IS YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES. ?
DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURES. ?
WHERE ARE YOUR UNIVERSITIES. HOSPITALITS?
WHERE ARE YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE GOING AFTER THEY LEAVE SCHOOL AFTER 8 FULL YEARS OF STUDIES. ?
WHERE IS YOUR PENSION ?WHERE ARE YOUR DOCTORS?NURSES?TEACHERS?ENGINEERS?.QUALIFIED SPECIALIST. ?
Charity begins and ends at HOME.
Physical Planning is a joke. They are truly clueless.
Am shocked to learn that Darka Carlton Frederick is the man /person who is solely responsible for the complete
Destruction of GRENADA coastline and Eco system
Has he lost his mind or is his pockets lined like Mitchell’s taking Bribes and giving away GRENADA to foreigners and the Chinese
Why when these foreign invaders come to GRENADA the are taking the jobs from Grenadians
Why? Don’t you fix the flipping Roads , Fix the Roads Mr Frederick stop taking Bribes by allowing these Black hating people take over the Island
Are you too blind to see that the flipping Roads N, S, W, and E needs fixings, fix it and stop taking Bribes
As the comments on this thread show, Grenadians really need to stop, look in the mirror, and ask themselves if they want to be a cynical, contrarian, resentful, self-destructive, and xenophobic people, constantly at war with themselves.
It is worth pointing out that Grenada is the only island in the Anglophone Caribbean where arsonists have repeatedly burned down the leading schools (GBSS, AHS) and various public buildings. It is the only island in CARICOM where an elected government was overthrown in a violent coup. It is the only island where plotters murdered a sitting prime minister and his closest associates in broad daylight, etc.
When Gairy approved the establishment of a medical school back in the 1970s, he was ridiculed as foolish and ignorant, and accused of “selling out” the country to Americans for bribes. Now similar accusations are being made against the current prime minister because he is negotiating hotel projects with Chinese and other foreign investors.
Are you people ever going to improve?