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Premier, Ministers Visit America’s Cup Village
With seven weeks to go until Bermuda hosts the 35th America’s Cup, Premier Michael Dunkley conducted a site visit to the Event Village in Dockyard and the surrounding area to get an update on the progress and preparation. The visit took place on Friday [April 7], and the Premier was joined by the Minister of Health and Seniors Jeanne Atherden and... Read more of this article
Video: ‘Fly Through’ Racecourse & AC Village
Today [Feb 15] marks 100 days until the start of the 35th America’s Cup, and the organisers have released a ‘video flythrough’ showing a simulation of what the racecourse and the America’s Cup Village will look like. Preparations continue for the events that will unfold, with racing set to take place on the Great Sound, which will play... Read more of this article
BEST: Cross Island Suggestions Not Revealed
Since WEDCo held its first public consultation meeting on the end-uses for the Cross Island landfill a list of the suggestions put forward has not been publicly revealed which “suggests that WEDCo is setting itself up to repeat the mis-steps that resulted in the Supreme Court quashing their original application,” the Bermuda Environmental... Read more of this article
Meeting To Be Held On Future Of Cross Island
More people are to get a chance to have their say over the future use of the America’s Cup village once the event is over, as the West End Development Corporation [WEDCo] has already held one public meeting into the future of Cross Island at the Royal Naval Dockyard and it is set to hold another public meeting in Hamilton. Andrew Dias, the General... Read more of this article
New Road Built For Access To Morseby Plain
A new road giving two-way access to Morseby Plain in Dockyard has been completed as part of the ongoing preparations for the America’s Cup to hosted by Bermuda in June 2017. The work was carried out by Dynamic Excavating and Landscaping and Horsefield Landscaping, both local contractors. Dynamic Excavating and Landscaping cut and prepared the base... Read more of this article
Input Sought On Cross Island Reclaimed Land
The public is being invited to help shape the future of reclaimed land at Dockyard after its use as an Event Village for the America’s Cup is over. The West End Development Corporation’s creation of nine acres of reclaimed land, known as Cross Island, is well underway, with seven loads of fill having already been delivered by ship. Infrastructure... Read more of this article
ACBDA: South Basin Project Is On Schedule
The America’s Cup Event Village is one step closer to completion as the last of seven shiploads of granite has been deposited into the South Basin. The first load of aggregate arrived at the beginning of November 2015 on the MV Balder, a specialised ship that allowed the fill material to be offloaded by conveyer belt into the South Basin. “This... Read more of this article
Purpose-Built Event Village In Dockyard For Cup
[Updated] Dockyard was selected as the venue to base the 2017 America’s Cup, and a purpose-built event village will be developed, the organisers said today. Ending months of speculation, the America’s Cup Event Authority revealed in a press conference today [Dec 2] that Bermuda has been selected to host the America’s Cup in 2017. Rendering #1... Read more of this article
