Final pier design ‘soon’

By Carlos Atwell | Mon, September 24, 2012 - 12:09 AM

THE FINAL DESIGN plans for the new Bridgetown Cruise Terminal Pier Project should be in the hands of Government soon, said Minister of International Transport George Hutson.

Speaking at a service yesterday at the Payne’s Bay Methodist Church, St James, in celebration of World Maritime Week, he said: “Government has approved the construction of a new cruise pier facility designed to separate cruise activity from cargo activity at the port.

“Background work started on this project in 2011 and we expect to have final designs and costings completed by the end of November.”

In an interview with the DAILY NATION after the service, Hutson explained the project would entail transforming the deep water harbour into an almost exclusively cargo only facility.

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Posted by Tony Webster 7 months, 3 weeks ago: When the "artist's impression" hit the press a bout a week back, I wondered why the colourful depiction was seemingly put out with fan-fare, but few facts (hmm, silly season?). In my comment, I also asked for costs, and full details, and whether Pierhead project was now dead etc. Other comments followed. NOW, "mout' open, and 'tory jump out": Cabinet has "approved" this project; but costs are not known; a coastal study is "to be done"; no comment at all where funds coming from. THIS is how a major decision is made on such an important "project"? As I thought initially: Nice painting..good eye-candy. Now I understand very clearly.

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Posted by Bim Bum 7 months, 3 weeks ago: Hopefully this will be somewhere around Carlisle Bay
perhaps a large extension of the Cavans Lane/Pierhead area, heading further out to sea
--rather than heading somewhere up the West Coast ..and into the winter swells
but we'll see.