Beaches

The Government of Anguilla has surrendered one of our most precious rights to "investors" and “developers", both local and foreign. The West End Community has fought a valiant battle to preserve public access to Shoal Bay West, Maundays Bay, Barnes Bay, Meads Bay, and Long Bay. They even got the Ministers to climb out of their lethargy and come down and check out the beaches.

The Chief Minister boasted at his subsequent press conference that he had warned the management of Cap Juluca that they must remove the security booth on the public road. It’s only obvious function is to stop the public from accessing Maundays Bay. That was it, a boast. There was no substance in it. As soon as the members of the West End Community left, it is as if he turned back to management and said to them, “Don’t worry about those idiots. Keep on as before.”

It is almost as if we have no Access to Beaches Act.

I feel bad for the children. They will never be able to enjoy what we once had.