Calling all Saints on the Falkland Islands
By now, I’m sure that most Saints on the Falkland Islands will be aware that Rosemary Stevenson has been commissioned by DFID to lead the airport consultation process following their announcement of a project ‘pause’ in December last year.
Rosemary has already carried out an extensive consultation exercise on St Helena and will be doing the same on Ascension on the 24th to the 27th July. She is also expecting to visit the Falkland Islands from the 28th to the 31st July to meet with Saints and other interested parties. I will be accompanying Rosemary on both these visits.
Given the importance of this consultation, and the impact the outcome will have on your future and the future of St Helena, we urge as many Saints and others as possible who are living on the Falklands to take the opportunity to meet with Rosemary to express your views on the access options and to make sure she delivers the right message on her return to the UK.
A programme showing dates/times of meetings will be distributed closer to her arrival.
Meanwhile, if there are any issues you wish to discuss beforehand relating to any of the three options DFID has identified, please feel free to contact me on wainwrightsharon@yahoo.co.uk
For reference, the three options are as follows:
a) Proceed with an airport, or
b) Commission a new ship, or
c) To defer the decision for five years.
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Posted on 10 July 2009
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