Topic: infrastructure
Airport expansion offers a chance to shape Cayman’s future
With capacity constraints, airport expansion is a national priority. It is time for a strategic rethink to build an airport for the future?
Editorial: Cayman needs more than just plans and Band-Aids
Cayman's infrastructure needs are many, but in most cases the government has offered only interim measures and no long-term solutions.
Cayman needs an infrastructure plan that transcends politics
Cayman needs a long-term national infrastructure plan that can survive changes in government, experts and political leaders believe.
‘Bursting at the seams’: Cayman has outgrown its infrastructure
From the cargo port and the landfill to the airport and the energy grid, Cayman has outgrown its infrastructure and is facing a bill that could run to billions of dollars to catch up.
Private jet boom strains Cayman’s ageing airport
The Cayman Islands is seeing a surge in private jet travel with the General Aviation terminal and airside infrastructure struggling to meet demand.
The in tray: 10 immediate priorities for Cayman’s new government
The Compass Issues section examines the most pressing issues facing the new government and how the coalition partners might align to fix them.
East-West Arterial draft environmental statement nears completion
Work on the final chapters of the East-West Arterial's draft environmental statement is nearing completion, and the National Roads Authority is looking to hold public meetings on the project early in the new year.
From immigration to infrastructure: 5 key issues for the next election
Under six months out from the general election a handful of key issues, including population growth, cruise tourism and rising rents, are emerging as hot-button topics for the nascent political parties and teams.
Brac high school could be three times as expensive as John Gray
Plans for a new high school on Cayman Brac, that will cost around three times as much per student as the troubled John Gray school project, were given the green light by Cabinet last month.
Kaibo Public Beach Park temporarily closed for upgrades
Starting Monday the Kaibo Public Beach Park will be temporarily closed to the public for beach replenishment and infrastructure upgrades.
Infrastructure work on East End affordable housing lots begins
Roadway and stormwater-management infrastructure work is set to begin at a proposed affordable housing project on the site of the old Sunrise Cottage Retirement Home on Austin Conolly Drive in East End.
$1.2 billion infrastructure wish list includes roads, schools and cargo port
A pipeline of $1.2 billion in infrastructure projects - including an expanded cargo port, new prison facilities and upgrades to all three airports - are expected over the next five years, according to a report by consultants KPMG.
Bumps in capital projects
The PACT government said it is committed to a three-year timeline to complete infrastructure upgrades, which will cost tens of millions of dollars.
Digital future requires infrastructure upgrades
Experts call for improvements in Cayman's tech infrastructure for best-in-class internet access, as well as stronger IP legislation.
Interactive: From sewers and sub-sea cables to prisons and power generation
In a series of stories, journalist James Whittaker takes a look at how population growth affects every aspect of infrastructure in the Cayman Islands.
Cayman’s creaking infrastructure in need of investment
Population growth has driven residential and commercial development but investment in infrastructure is only just beginning to catch up
EDITORIAL – ‘Government fiber’: A landmark intrusion into the private sector
When leaders of the Cayman Islands telecommunications companies heard Premier Alden McLaughlin say the government was going to build a fiber optic network throughout the east side of Grand Cayman – and make the telecom companies pay for it – they might have thought they were experiencing a “bad connection.”
China can help turn the lights on in Puerto Rico
With no resolution in sight, and roughly 70 percent of the island’s residents still without power, Puerto Rico should turn to companies with real expertise in repairing power grids in developing regions.
EDITORIAL – Cayman cannot pave its way out of traffic jams
Solving the long-term riddle of traffic congestion requires creative thinking. Eventually, the mantra of “more roads, forever” will lead to a dead end.
EDITORIAL — Cayman’s latest roadway tragedy
Nothing we do can go back to prevent the horrible accident that cut short a life, or any past accident that has resulted in death or serious injury, but we can resolve to do better moving forward.
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