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Hons Fraser & Wheatley say they were never in favour of new derelict site
A community meeting with residents of District Three was held at Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay on Thursday, January 23, 2025, where they voiced their concerns surrounding the derelict site relocation to their community.
Hon Fraser says he is ‘alien to the situation’ too
Hon Fraser, before opening up the floor for comments from residents, told them, “I am as much alien to the situation as you are but there’s a big difference, the big difference is you live there, I live in the community yes, but I don’t live on this part.”
In what seemed like a move to distance himself from the problem at hand, Hon Fraser said he “heard about this development” and questioned it.
He said he asked why the proprietor of the land leased to the government would want to engage in an issue “that is bound to be controversial knowing full well that you and I including himself know that there are other designs for the area”.
Hon Fraser continued that he was of the view that the matter had “gone to bed” until he received word that “something had started in the area”.
“The most recent message that I got regarding this issue is that they show up Christmas Eve to bring the vehicles on site, they show up at night to bring them on site and the strange occurrences such as that,” he said.
He also informed them that he was aware of residents' concerns, including that their properties would devalue, though he was of the view that it would not devalue “exponentially”.
Gov’t in search of new site- Hon Wheatley
Meantime, Hon Wheatley too seemed to distance himself and his ministry from direct blame.
He told community members at the meeting that while he is the minister responsible for the subject, the contract was issued through the Deputy Governor’s Office as it “is not something I deal with directly”.
Hon Wheatley explained that after being asked to vacate the previous site at Pockwood Pond, a tender was put out for bids for the placement of derelict vehicles.
The winning bid he told them was the site in their community
“When I heard about it I said to them you’re asking for a heap of trouble, so this is no surprise that we’re here tonight because of this,” he said.
Hon Wheatley also assured residents that he is looking for an alternative location for the storage of derelict vehicles.
He; however, told residents to “bear in mind that nobody wants this in their backyard”.
He reassured them that the current issue will be resolved in a way that they will be pleased.
“The fact remains that we do produce a lot of derelicts in this country and they have to be placed somewhere…We do have a waste management strategy that speaks to this, it’s not quite fully enforced as yet but I think we can avoid this happening going forward,” Hon Wheatley added.
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30 Responses to “Hons Fraser & Wheatley say they were never in favour of new derelict site”
I agree with the property owners, move it #@$$ yes
All this is meant to be transparent right, so somewherr, someone approved this, someone discussed it with the correct minustry someone approved the " lease". How much is beingbpaid to this property owner who leases this seabed from the government.
What ever happened to compulory purchase..cant the government just expand the incinerator plant area or compulsory purchase the crown lease back from those at pockwood pond.
Government needs to start getting real.
Stop blaming others
Time for Havers landowners to commence a lawsuit against these 2 clowns, the alleged lease holder of the filled in land and the companies that moved the derelict vehicles from Pockwood Pond to the site below Havers. If 20 Havers landowners claim damages for lost property value of half million dollars each the damage claim would total $10 million!
What about Derelict boats in the same third district and elsewhere in the Territory? This is a Territory problem. We all are responsable for this. No need to try and distance oneself "fliplomatically". The problem is here. Deal with it. It looks disgusting.