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Save Plémont and show the world that we care
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From Bruno Rioda.
MUCH has been said about Plémont. Is it worth saving at taxpayers’ expense? Is it worth losing through lack of foresight? Do a few more houses built smack on the coast line really matter after all, during these difficult times?
Should we use the money to pay for a new cable to import electricity from France? Should we build a new hospital? Should we extend the sewage system to include every household in the Island?
There seem to be so many projects deserving of attention, that the money in question could be spent a hundred times. However, what defines and expresses the degree of civilization reached by any community, is the actions taken in protecting the very fibre of nature that as citizens of the place, we have inherited.
The first glimpse of a Jersey bathed in sunshine greeted me from the boat from St Malo over 50 years ago. I was totally gob-smacked by the beauty to behold and made up my mind then and there that this wonderful apparition before my very eyes would become my home.
Sadly over development has taken place recently and much of what has already been built has remained unoccupied; the bubble might yet burst and we will end up with a despoliation impossible to redress. The Jersey States itself appears hell-bent on constructing a new financial centre which I believe is not needed.
At best it will succeed in leaving a lot of empty offices within the town, further undermining the viability of the high street. This seems to be contrary to what has been done in other places where every effort is made to keep the locality of ‘old towns’ commercially viable and bustling with activity. The focus is being taken out of old St Helier and its very heart might be damaged for good.
Finally, if we want to invest and kick start the economy, we should perhaps consider a universal sewage system, which will protect our water supply for now and the future; yet in order to preserve the beauty of the Island that is still salvageable, let us not have another intrusive project such as the one at Portelet.
Politicians and the press tend to proclaim Jersey as important ‘in the world, and of the world’. Maybe we should be out there to be seen as brave enough to save the magic garden that is our home, save Plémont and show ourselves as ‘a caring part of the world’.
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