About the recent Compass article, ‘Alternatives proposed to relocate George Town cargo port’, which states:
“The island has been growing quite rapidly,” [Harold Westerman, of consultancy firm Stantec], said, and the population is projected to grow to 250,000 by 2074, according to the Economics and Statistics Office.
Westerman, responding to a question from [Kenneth] Bryan, said the current port can handle very little additional population growth and would max out at a population of 133,000, which is projected by 2039.
The problem isn’t that the port is too small; it’s that the population growth is too large!
Can you imagine what these little islands would be like with a population of 250,000 in 50 years! It would be a complete disaster!
Instead of us trying to find ways to accommodate an additional 160,000, we should be trying to find ways to cap our population at, say, 100,000 NOW. If we can’t do this, I fear that we can write off the Cayman Islands in 50 years.
I’m glad that I won’t be around to see it. My condolences go out to all of those people who will have to experience this if we don’t curtail our uncontrolled growth.
Brian Pairaudeau
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100 percent in agreement. Population growth does not benefit the quality of life here.
The casual way the growth of the population to 250,000 was reported by the cargo group was astounding. The list of entities contacted ( like DOE , National Trust ) was stressed but they did not mention the very serious concerns these vital groups have about the proposed plans.
The current port will be expanded anyway and during that time serious consideration and planning needs to be undertaken to address infrastructure and what population control measures are needed .
The public feedback was extremely negative. I Can only hope the consultation process was not a simple box ticking exercise .