The newly repopulated National Conservation Council will discuss airport-redevelopment projects at its first public meeting in eight months on Wednesday, 23 Aug.
According to the agenda of the upcoming meeting, members will vote on whether environmental impact assessments should be carried out for the four projects outlined in the Cayman Islands Airports Authority’s master plan for the islands’ airports.
EIAs are proposed for the planned extension of the Owen Roberts International Airport’s runway into the North Sound; for the expansion of the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac; and for the relocation of Little Cayman’s Edward Bodden Airfield.
The agenda also includes a discussion on a plan for a private aircraft terminal at Owen Roberts, which is not expected to be subject to an EIA.
For projects where the council directs that impact studies are required, an Environmental Assessment Board is appointed to oversee the process. Those boards will be appointed by the National Conservation Council.
The airport projects are expected to take several years to complete, and are part of other recommendations for redevelopment at the airfields.
The National Conservation Council meeting agenda also includes a presentation and discussion on feral cat population-control efforts; the impact of an after-the-fact extension of Scott’s quarry on Salt Water Pond on Cayman Brac; and a proposed EIA for the K-rock Quarry on Grand Cayman.
Wednesday’s meeting, the first since December 2022 due to dwindling membership of the council and a delay by Cabinet in appointing or reappointing members, will be broadcast on the Department of Environment YouTube channel.
Read the full agenda, as well as minutes of the December 2022 meeting, here.
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