A MOVE to create a second waterfront with up to 800 houses at Elizabeth Harbour by moving the port to La Collette is just one of the radical ideas proposed for the Island over the next ten years.
Moving the fuel farm offshore, having tall buildings in town and developing on brownfield sites are all suggested ways of dealing with an estimated increase in the population to combat the Island’s ageing society.
The proposed Island Plan suggests that by 2035 there will be one worker for every non-worker, with the working population unable to support the elderly. As a result, the green paper allows for a net immigration of more than 250 workers a year, which with accompanying family will make an estimated 540 people a year. The 2002 Island Plan accommodated for a population increase of 200 workers a year.
That 2002 plan had to be scrapped four years early because of pressing issues affecting the Island, including the future of the economy, urban regeneration, the impact of an ageing population, the future of the ports and housing needs. The green paper, which is the first stage in forming the next Island Plan, was unveiled to the media yesterday and was made available to the public today.
• Picture: La Collette reclamation site and industrial area showing La Collette Chimney and Fuel Farm in foreground with Elizabeth Castle and St Aubin’s Bay in background
Article posted on 10th July, 2008 - 3.00pm
12 Article Comments
Well it was bound to be suggested. Why not fill up the harbour as well and create a further 800 houses. Why not build a development like Dubai and call it Walkers World.
Oh God please no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suppose Dandara are going to be in on this?
Why can’t the states just drop it for a while and take a breather?
the states - all they care about is themselves and money for themselves. They are driving Jersey into the ground. Why can’t they do something useful such as allow a large supermarket to operate here, build something for the youth of the island, or attract more tourists. Long live JerseyLive any how.
I wouldn’t fancy living next to the fuel farms, how can they move them offshore? isn’t that an enviromental hazard.
It’s bad enough that they want to build the new energy from waste plant in the middle of it all, what about the buncefield depot explosion, you would not be allowed to build anywhere near a fuel farm in the UK and we’re talking aboutbuilding all this within a clear dangewr zone!
What will happen is the states will employ a Consultant Firm who will charge the Jersey Tax payer £1.5M to look into this proposal. This will take at least 18 months. Their report would simply say that this is feasible. The states will then take that report and spend the next 2 years debating the cost which will start off at around £200M. They will finally decide that it is too expensive and shelve it. 18 months later that will take it off the shelf and take another look at it., by this time the price has gone up to £300M. They will then put it to the public vote, which they will ignore if the public are against the idea. This will all take another 18 months before the all have a vote and agree that it should go ahead. By this time the cost has now risen to £350M. They will then give the contract to a developer, who will say that it will cost £400M. Half way through the states will issue a press notice saying that the project will go over budget and it will now cost $500M and in the end the final bill will be $600M, 3 times more that the original cost.
A sensible government puts up the retirement age as life expectancy increases.
Building more homes for incomers is not sustainable, as they will also get older one day, and then the problem will be worse.
One word - No !!!
I can not belive this plan sheer
madness again lets sort other
things out first before any
more rubbish like this you are
digging your self in a hole
jesey people won.t put up
with this for much longer
What a cunning ploy!!! if we keep moving the south coast we can join up with France and save the cost of a bridge.
I don’t see why an ageing society is looked on as such a “oh-no” situation! Think of who causes all the problems in the world - the young.
Also, believe me, Jersey does not want to increase immigration. It WILL destroy the island - take it from myself - a regular visitor to the island but an inhabitant (more’s the pity) of the UK where we are now overrun by immigrants and where systems simply cannot cope.
The solution is to go higher in St Helier. Most previous higher rise buildings in Jersey have been a disaster, but there are examples around the world where quality developments are ideal.
I currently live in Singapore where there are numerous examples of excellent higher rise buildings. Not Hong Kong though. Keep in to 10 to12 floors and make them private.
We have to get away from building on our green field sites.
Jersey will never be like Dubai.
But This Is Pathetic.