Tag: beach access
Buying land needs to be about conservation, say activists
(CNS): Over the last few years, the Cayman Islands Government has approved the purchase of several beachfront lots to provide access to the islands’ coastline for locals, stay-over visitors and cruise passengers, as development increasingly blocks off Seven Mile Beach and other popular oceanfront areas. However, local activists are calling for public consultation about how […]
Beach blockers in court as PLC clamps down
(CNS): The Public Lands Commission has identified 39 landowners who are blocking access to the beach or shoreline around Cayman and has begun the process of prosecuting those who are not compliant with enforcement notices. In the first cases since the commission was created, several people appeared in court Tuesday in relation to seven locations […]
Westin to dump ‘Beach Closed’ signs
(CNS): The manager of the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa has said that the facility will no longer be deploying its “Beach Closed” signs after pictures of them circulated on social media on Wednesday, stirring up significant public controversy.
Landowners warned to clear beach access
(CNS): Woody DaCosta, the new chair of the Public Lands Commission and a long time vocal advocate for retaining access to local beaches, has told CNS that he means business when it comes to addressing any impediments “to meaningful access to the beach”.
Beach access lost to West Bay Road tunnel
(CNS): The tunnel built by one of Dart’s network of companies on the West Bay Road, which is part of a plan to link Camana Bay to an oceanfront property the developer has acquired along Seven Mile Beach, is at the heart of a controversial legal case regarding beach access rights. Some of the details […]
Secret beach access case coming to light
(CNS): A long running legal case involving a dispute over public beach access rights on land owed by the Dart Group that has been heard behind closed doors up until now is emerging into the light after the courts ruled that the case should no longer be ex parte. Cayman Shores, which was behind the […]
Battle on to save beach access from Dart PAD
(CNS): Various activist groups in West Bay came together last week to launch a campaign to prevent what could be as many as three dozen beach and shoreline access points in the district being lost through the latest proposed Dart mega-development. The islands’ largest landowner is proposing another ‘new town’ style project straddling the Esterley […]
Dart’s new town threatens beach access
(CNS): Local activists have raised concerns that around ten beach access points that have been used by Caymanians for generations will be lost if Dart gets approval for a 157-acre planned area development (PAD) located astride the Esterley Tibbetts Highway between Salt Creek, Yacht Club, Vista Del Mar and Governor’s Harbour. Already controversial because of […]
Lands Board takes up Uncle Bob Rd access case
(CNS): The problem of beach and shoreline access is continuing unabated, but now that government has adjourned debate on its proposed legislation, a much needed legal resolution will now be kicked on to the next administration. However, as complaints about public access being blocked by developers and landowners mount, the Public Lands Commission is now […]
MLA persuaded to drop beach access motion
(CNS): The minister responsible for lands has convinced MLA Anthony Eden that the Public Lands Commission is working to protect beach access rights and his private member’s motion on the matter is not needed. Despite the ongoing court battle over the government’s failure to register access rights and the day to day challenge for locals […]
MLA takes beach access battle to LA
(CNS): Veteran MLA Anthony Eden, the opposition member for Savannah, is taking the long-running beach access battle to the Legislative Assembly with a private member’s motion calling on government to make blocking access a criminal offence. As government continues to fight a group of West Bay ladies over simply registering access rights, Eden is asking […]
