St Helena : St Helena: Closure of Prosperous Bay Plain
Submitted by Saint Helena Herald (Public Relations Information Office) 28.07.2012 (Article Archived on 11.08.2012)
Members of the Public will be aware that the first call of the NP Glory 4 brought a great deal of plant and heavy machinery to the island. Basil Read is in the final stages of completing the access track for the haul road and the plant will then be taken through to the airport site at Prosperous Bay Plain.
Closure of Prosperous Bay Plain
Members of the Public will be aware that the first call of the NP Glory 4 brought a great deal of plant and heavy machinery to the island. Basil Read is in the final stages of completing the access track for the haul road and the plant will then be taken through to the airport site at Prosperous Bay Plain.
Major construction works are therefore imminent on Prosperous Bay Plain. In the interests of public safety, public access to Prosperous Bay Plain will be restricted from Monday, 6th August 2012 until further notice.
We understand that there is a great deal of public interest in the Airport Project and the works taking place on Prosperous Bay Plain. However, in order to create the platform for the airport, a considerable quantity of explosives will be used and there will be frequent blasts taking place. We are trying to give the Contractor as much flexibility as possible to carry out blasts as and when required. The timing of the blasts will be at Basil Read’s discretion and there are likely to be periods when blasts could take place several times a day. Normal warning sirens will be sounded before each blast and the normal safety procedures will be followed. However, in the interests of public safety, it will not be possible to permit public access to Prosperous Bay Plain during such major construction work.
Therefore, from Monday, 6th August only authorised project personnel will be permitted access to Prosperous Bay Plain. Signage will be in place at Bradleys and we request the support of the public in adhering to this. We regret having to enforce this closure but we reiterate that it is essential in the interests of public safety.
From Monday, 6th August and throughout the period that Prosperous Bay Plain is closed to the public, the post box walk to King and Queen Rocks will also be closed. Limited access will still be permitted to the post box walk to Prosperous Bay Beach but this will be dependent on the nature of the works taking place on Prosperous Bay Plain. Persons interested in the post box walk to Prosperous Bay Beach are therefore asked to contact the Tourist Office who will facilitate the arrangements for this.
The Tourist Office is arranging “a last-chance walk” to King and Queen Rocks on Saturday, 4th August. This walk will be an opportunity to view the area prior to the changes that construction of the airport will bring. For further information please contact Mike Dean, Tourism Development Executive at mike.dean@tourism.co.sh or on tel. 2158.
Over the course of the project we will organise visits to vantage points so that the public can view key milestones as they are reached. Further information will also be available on our website at www.sainthelenaaccess.com
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