The National Environmental Appraisal Committee was supposed to meet tomorrow to discuss the NCL Project for Harvest Caye, but there are reliable reports reaching 7News tonight that it this meeting has been postponed until a later date.
That's because the public concerns raised at the EIA public consultation meeting on last week Wednesday in Independence have highlighted many environmental concerns that the developer has not properly dealt with in their EIA.
Yesterday, an organization called Peninsula Citizens for Sustainable Development sent out a release criticizing the EIA for its inadequate details on the project's daily water usage, the effects of dredging needed, the destruction which will take place on Harvest Caye, the effects of the operation of the cruise ships, and its socio-economic impacts.
The organization is asking for the entire EIA to be redone before it is reviewed by the NEAC. Last week, 7News showed you how NCL's Project Director, Hugh Darley, promised that make all the necessary corrections exposed in the public consultation. Today, we contacted Jose Pepe Garcia, one their environmental experts who presented at last Wednesday's public meeting. He told us that the experts are working on those corrections.
But, it's a major embarrassment for both the developer and the government, and the smart money says the entire process will likely have to be rebooted.
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