Why do we need East Coast regeneration?

The situation today:

• Guernsey has no sewage treatment facilities - 90% of the island’s untreated sewage, 16,000 tonnes per day, is currently pumped into Belle Greve Bay, only one mile offshore.

• Pollution is a threat to public health - the Bay and the whole of the east coast suffers badly from bacterial contamination and fails by large margins the EC guidelines standards for shellfish and bathing waters.

• Global warming is raising sea levels - storm and flood protection measures are urgently needed to protect Le Bouet and Les Banques.

• Mont Cuet landfill site is fast reaching capacity and will be full by 2011.

• There is no land bank for future residential or light industrial needs - the Urban Area Plan July 2002 predicts we’ll need an additional 300 new homes a year over the next five years. There is little or no earmarked light industrial land bank.

• Taxes will rise - the 0-10 tax proposal means that there is a requirement for the island to achieve long-term sustainable economic growth to balance the island’s budget by 2011.

• There is a lack of local and visitor moorings with growing waiting lists.

• There is a desperate lack of parking spaces in St Peter Port.

• The island has no large, quality covered retail offer or 5-star hotel facility.

• Guernsey’s infrastructure is ageing - without investment the island will inevitably decline.

Long Port has proposed a menu of regeneration initiatives and ideas that will help solve these problems, generate income and capital for the island and provide a better environment for all.