Tag: George Town dump
CIG made shocking list of errors in $1B waste project
(CNS): From the moment the government began exploring options for a new waste management system, it failed the people of the Cayman Islands with a shocking list of errors on what would have been the most costly infrastructure project embarked on in these islands. A damning leaked report by the Office of the Auditor General […]
UPM dumps ‘untenable’ Dart deal for ReGen
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is going through the process of withdrawing from the deal it signed with a Dart-led consortium to take on the country’s waste management problem and the construction of a waste-to-energy facility. What had become the UPM’s worst kept secret was finally revealed in parliament on Thursday when Sustainability Minister Katherine […]
Opposition urges CIG to ‘come clean’ on ReGen
(CNS): As speculation mounts that talks between the Cayman Islands Government and Dart over the future of the waste management project, ReGen, have completely broken down, the opposition is urging the CIG to break its silence on the status of the project and “come clean” to the people about what is going on. Deputy Opposition […]
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 […]
Ahearn moved to new job after ‘political’ removal as CO
(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has confirmed that Jennifer Ahearn has been given a new role working in his office. In response to questions from CNS and other media houses about her recent removal as chief officer in the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency, the government issued a press release on Wednesday, saying that […]
DEH boss says dump should last until WTE finished
(CNS): Based on the current rate of garbage being added to the George Town dump, the Department of Environmental Health is estimating that there should be another four to five years of landfilling space left, hopefully enough time for the completion of the planned, but not yet started, waste-to-energy facility. DEH Director Richard Simms told […]
ReGen talks roll into yet another year
(CNS): Government officials and the Dart Group have missed yet another date to complete talks on the national waste management project. The PACT Government had targetted the beginning of December as the most recent deadline for a deal to be made, but the ReGen project has been pushed back yet again until early in the […]
New CI$736k compactor expected to cut dump fires
(CNS): Officials at the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) have welcomed the arrival of a new Bomag BC 972 RB-2 Refuse Compactor, which will help the team prevent fires at the George Town dump. The compactor was ordered ten months ago and cost $735,816. DEH Director Richard Simms said it would enhance disposal operations at […]
PPM Cabinet waived planning process for ReGen in 2021
(CNS) UPDATED: The Dart consortium that will eventually be taking on the waste management project, now known as ReGen, has been given an exemption from the planning application process. Since posting this report, CNS has learned from government officials that the waiver was given to Dart by the previous administration just before the 2021 General […]
ReGen dump project still poses multiple challenges
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has said negotiations surrounding the ReGen waste management project have presented serious difficulties, not least of which has been the challenge of securing value for money. Over the 25-year lifetime of the proposed project, it is expected to cost the public purse at least $1.5 billion, but Cayman will still need […]
