North Shore happens to have a massive seagrass bed and is critical habitat for black groupers and many other juvenile fish we rely on for food and reef health. That will need to be considered if a port was developed there.

But – I hear the new plan is to build a container dock at Marginal Wharf, and to use full-size container trucks to get goods to the Hamilton warehouses. These would presumably travel down the rickety causeway and North Shore road, night and day. One pities the late-night bar flies who stray into the wrong lane when those gurt-big trucks are peezin’ along the other way.

The cruise ships in that diagram are substantially smaller than they should look if drawn to scale, it should be noted.

Maybe it’ll be down by Cup March or perhaps the Mayor is planning to leave it up so it can apply to ALL the year’s holidays!

That guy’s an idiot…..

The only real answer is the North Shore. The weather argument is not really valid. The oil docks have been there for many decades. No real issues. Government House will have to give up that nice, but unused, area next to Black Watch. Possibly a breakwater will need to be build creating something similar to Dockyard.

Any ideas Mayor???

As far as Hamilton goes, start simple but with future expansion in mind.

Leave the commercial docks. Start with a cruise ship jetty at an angle out from the Flagpole area accommodating ships either side while not blocking out the harbour view when ships are in.

Do NOT let Correia or Desilva anywhere near the project.

There is no other place to put them. Either the seas are too rough, or it’ll too far from town where 90% of the goods end up. But most of all, it’s way too expensive to move. Particularly if they are gonna spend a pile of money on the waterfront.

BTW, that big Chinese-made Xray scanner they just installed won’t last very long in this climate. A few months and it will be done.

BIBGO.

And by the way…………….does the coutries lifeline for commodity move out?

Or do the Wharf and Container Port remain to be tastefuly melded into the waterfront?

And how many decades transpire beforenwenget the land back?

What? The guys putting up the money are doing so with nothing more than a fabulous return on their investment?
Me thinks NOT.
Mega Yachts?
Please.
If we havent captured luxury cruising yachts thus far, what new idea is afoot that will change that?
Cannot compete with the Carib or the Med.
I think Hamiltonian has the right approach – I wish I could be optimistic but the likelihood seems fanciful at best.

First of all, where have the commercial docks gone? A new commercial dock will have to be created before anything happens in Hamilton. Where will they go? Who will pay for them? Who gets the revenue from them since they will be outside of Hamilton?

The cruise lines are going to Panamax & post Panamax ships. How are they supposed to even get into Hamilton Harbour? who pays for the widening of Two Rock & whatever else needs to be done to get them into the harbour?

Yes the Hamilton waterfront needs major changes but changes such as the pretty artist sketches are way over the top. Where does Outerbridge & his PLP wonder team think they will get the money from to pay for this extravaganza? The bottom of Hamilton Harbour maybe?

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WHxFoNs8eh4/Sgy08tO9klI/AAAAAAAADzQ/Vihw-6S-Gl4/s800/EXP_4.jpg

We could have this in place for the 2013 tourist season.

1. The tender was a joke, they had already chosen the “developers” as they didn’t give enough time for anyone else to respond and how can you possibly compare “aspirations” and “visions”??
2. Are they going to compensate GoB for the $20m or so they have just spent on the new customs scanner which will have to be moved – or do they plan this beautiful (sic) development to sit alongside the cargo dock?
3. Didn’t the PLP say they couldn’t get cruise ships to come into Hamilton anymore?
4. WHERE IS THE MONEY????
5. Where did this consultant come from and has he any conflict with the development committee/developers??

the corporation of hamilton suddenly has all kinds of money to pay foreign architects but they can’t afford to put up decent christmas decorations or even take down the crappy ones they DID put up? (this mayor supposedly tried to vote in PAYING the mayor as soon as he took office…it’s always been a volunteer position). this is the same group who just decided to create revenue for themselves by changing the parking times for the block outside the supermart in the name of ‘creating an emergency vehicle lane during rush hour’ (for ONE BLOCK – morons) – no thanks, mr mayor. keep your plans. and hopefully your term will be short so you can’t do too much other damage.