Cutting off Las Cuevas bay?

THE EDITOR: I read recently that the estate which surrounds Las Cuevas Bay is being bought by a well known real estate developer for the sum of six million US dollars. Considering what is being asked for Pigeon Point, Tobago this price is a gift.

I ask you Sir to look at a map of Trinidad and you will find: (a) with the exception of a small area in Chaguaramas there are no clear water areas on the entire west coast of Trinidad. (b) the south coast is muddy all year round. (c) on the east coast there is a small public bay, Balandra. To the south there is the Cocal estate with rough and muddy water six months of the year. Further south is Mayaro, a beach area that has been developed piece meal with very limited access for the public. (d) in the north Maracas bay is the one area that the public can enjoy. To the far east is Blanchisseuse with very few bathing areas. (e) this leaves Las Cuevas bay. It is twice as large as Maracas and if properly supervised and developed it can be a beautiful resort for my children, grand children and for the hundreds of thousands of Trinidadians who can’t afford a million dollars or more to buy a beach home. Unless you act and act now the people of this country will lose their heritage. Only the rich would benefit from this sale. The thousands of poor Trinidadians a hundred years from now would look back and ask the question, what Government did that to us? Mr Prime Minister the price is reasonable. Please don’t allow this land to be taken away from us and the generations to follow.

DEBRA  ROMANY
Arima