Tag: Dart
UPM in mystery talks to swap Barkers land with Dart
(CNS) UPDATED: The government has issued a brief statement about the approval of a mystery Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the islands’ largest land owner Dart Enterprises Limited. The deputy governor has now confirmed to CNS that talks, with a view to swapping land in the area to create a national park, are at the […]
Public purse set to lose $38M over failed dump deal
(CNS): Dwayne Seymour, the latest minister to take over responsibility for the dump, was tight-lipped about the current situation regarding the talks over ReGen, the failed dump deal with Dart, this week when he was asked about the issue in parliament by the previous minister. Kathy Ebanks-Wilks MP (WBC) wanted to know why the notice […]
Dart seeks to avoid beach retreat with unproven concept
(CNS): The Dart Group has begun circulating a video on social media that rejects the idea of a managed retreat combined with imported sand replenishment to address the erosion problem on Seven Mile Beach in favour of ‘sand engines’, a scientific solution developed in Europe. Dart hired Denmark-based consultants DHI to conduct a study of […]
Experts advised Royal Palms seawall be 22m further back
(CNS): Engineers who examined a coastal works application submitted around two years ago by Dart, which owns the derelict Royal Palms site, advised the developer that any replacement seawall should be as much as 22 metres further away from the beach behind the original bar building. As Dart now faces an order to remove the […]
Royal Palms falls into sea ahead of renovation
(CNS): Pictures and videos circulating on social media over the last few days show the derelict buildings at Royal Palms crumbling into the sea following the Cayman Islands’ brush with Tropical Storm Helene, as the erosion on the southern end of Seven Mile Beach reaches unprecedented levels. However, Dart officials say the building, which is […]
CIG and Dart still discussing failed dump deal
(CNS): Talks are continuing between the Cayman Islands Government and Dart over the failed dump deal, and it could be some time before the ministry is in a position to begin a new procurement process to find a suitable private sector entity to solve Cayman’s garbage crisis. The CIG has already wasted almost $16.5 million […]
Mystery landowner set to gain big from cargo project
(CNS): Finding out who owns the land surrounding the Breakers site that the Cayman Islands Government is proposing to develop as a cargo facility is proving very difficult, given the barriers that exist here when it comes to land and company searches. However, CNS has learned that one mysterious company acquired hundreds of acres in […]
Dart plans ‘health hub’ in Camana Bay
(CNS): Dart is seeking planning permission for a new Centre of Health and Wellness on the edge of Camana Bay next door to the new Health City Cayman Islands hospital with the intention of creating a “hub of medical facilities in the community’s south end”, according to a release on the developer’s website. The project, […]
Handel cuts new deal with Dart to take on Royal Palms
(CNS): Handel Whittaker has cut a new deal with Dart to take over the derelict Royal Palms site that the corporation bought over six years ago but then allowed it to fall into a state of disrepair. Whittaker operated Calico Jack’s until it closed when Dart ended his lease there in 2020 at the start […]
EAB: Legislation needed to manage ReGen project
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government could have problems holding the Dart-led consortium that will be running the ReGen waste-management operations to account because there is no legislative framework to support the project and its ancillary elements, the Environmental Assessment Board has warned.
ReGen EIA finished but project still in limbo
(CNS): The construction of the proposed waste-to-energy facility and other related waste-management projects remain in limbo 2370 days after the Cayman Islands Government awarded the contract to Dart before the details of the deal had been worked out. Last week, Department of Environment (DoE) Director Gina Ebank-Petrie said that the environmental impact assessment on the […]
