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| Pickersgill |
THE AVAILABLE acreage at Goat Islands, which China Harbour Construction and Engineering Company wants for the construction of a trans-shipment port and industrial park, is less than the desired amount of the lands the Chinese are seeking for the project.
The archipelago, located off the coast of Old Harbour, St Catherine, which is the property of the Urban Development Corporation, has 617 acres, which is far less than the 3,000 acres which Robert Pickersgill, the minister of land, environment and climate change, said is needed for the development.
According to the titles for the Goat Islands, surveys conducted in 1941 show that the Great Goat Island comprises 465 acres, one rood and six perches. Little Goat Island comprises 152 acres, two roods and 77 perches.
The lands, comprising Great Goat Island and Little Goat Island, were transferred from the commissioner of lands on September 21, 1970 to the UDC, which paid $37,077.38 for the property. read more...
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