And there you have it, as the Bermuda Sun scooped yesterday, Cabinet voted to develop on probably Bermuda's most iconic piece of parkland - the Botanical Gardens.
The inevitable and justified criticism is there, pointing out the hypocrisy of Goverment's Sustainable Development roadshow in the face of a massive redevelopment of greenspace into a (necessary but not there) pile of concrete:
National Trust director Mr. Conway was critical of the way the plan had been settled without broad public input. The Trust wrote in July to the BHB calling for it to redevelop the existing site but had not received a response.He added: “We cannot accept that the Botanical Gardens and the hundreds of acres of protected land under the National Parks System should be viewed as an exploitable resource – they are of incalculable public value.
“Government should lead by example and practice what it preaches regarding public input on the largest project in decades, anything else present the sustainable development process as a complete charade.”
Pave paradise, put up a parking lot.
