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Town Seafront Working Party - Update

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Friday 04 September 2015

The Town Seafront Working Party met on 3 September at Sir Charles Frossard House.

Attendees were:

A number of decisions were agreed by majority by the Working Party members, including:

In addition, the Working Party continued to assess the arrangements for the cruise liner industry for 2016. The members of the working Party agreed by a majority that:

The Working Group decided, by a majority, to recommend that the Public Services Department retains the cruise liner passenger landing point at the Albert Pier for 2016.  It also decided that any future, significant changes to the Town seafront, such as the location of cruise liner facilities, should be first considered with all the available information through public consultation.

Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, Chair of the Working Party, said:

"Yesterday's meeting was important as we put in place the building blocks for coming up with a long-term strategy for the town seafront - which includes the cruise liner industry, but also will consider retailers, housing, the environment, transport and our local history and culture. We want the consultation to begin from October, and have directed officers to present a plan for that in the next few weeks. It is acknowledged that we should be doing more to co-ordinate consultation on town seafront issues and this will now be a significant aspect of the Working Group's function.

It is important to clarify the cruise liner arrangements for 2016. Not only do the cruise liner operators need certainty for their planning, but so do the businesses in Guernsey that work with them - bus companies and tour guides, for example. It is also important that we give early certainty to Islanders and town retailers.  The Town seafront Working Party therefore recommended, by majority, that PSD retain the cruise liner operations at the Albert Pier for 2016 until such time that, through public consultation, we are able to understand all of the potential opportunities and impacts of alternative options.

In reaching this conclusion, we acknowledge that further improvements to the Albert Pier arrangements could be made, at small cost, and without unnecessary upheaval for Islanders. That is what we will look to do in the coming months.

We will also, as part of taking a longer-term view of the town seafront, start to consider the cruise liner arrangements for 2017, and we will consult on that in due course.

I should add that there was a strong discussion around the cruise liner arrangements and indeed the wider strategy, and that discussion is to be welcomed. As with our community, not all members of the Working Party were in complete agreement on the best way forward - but we all agreed that improved consultation, a long-term strategy and a joined-up approach are what is now needed, and we are determined to do that."

 

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