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LESS than a quarter of e-bike vouchers issued by the government have been used since the scheme was launched in January. This figure is ‘less than we would have liked’, according to Assistant Environment Minister Hilary Jeune, and the Environment Department is planning to survey recipients to find out why they did, or did not, […]

THE Infrastructure Minister is considering reviewing whether Islanders are paying a fair price for gas after a sharp increase introduced by Island Energy earlier this year. Under the law, the States has the power to step in and regulate prices if Members deem that necessary. Constable Andy Jehan said that as part of his ongoing […]

PLANS for a multimillion-pound development of the Waterfront – which would have included around 1,000 homes – have been thrown out by a panel of politicians set up to determine whether it should be approved. An application to develop a large area of reclaimed land – from Aquasplash to West Park – was submitted by […]

THE viability of approved plans to create over 200 homes and an “aparthotel” in the centre of town has been put a risk because the scheme got stuck in the planning process for two years, the developer behind the project has said. Le Masurier managing director Brian McCarthy said that the cost of the scheme […]

A £120 million project to build more than 200 flats in the heart of town will no longer be viable if 15% have to be made ‘affordable’, according to the developer. A decision on whether Les Sablons – a significant transformation of the four-vergée site between Broad Street and Commercial Street – should be allowed […]

THE head of a construction firm has warned there will be “hardly any work going on” next year and that they are “going to have to make redundancies” unless the situation improves. Kalmac Construction managing director James Joseph said: “Especially in the development market, the loss of appetite through the interest rate rises and the […]

THE rejection of multi-million-pound plans for the Waterfront makes the need for a vision for the whole of town absolutely essential, the Constable of St Helier has said. Simon Crowcroft said that the decision of a panel of politicians to dismiss the application from the taxpayer-owned Jersey Development Company to develop a large area of […]

A PROJECT to explore the possibility of building a wind farm in Jersey’s territorial waters is to get under way after being overwhelmingly backed by States Members yesterday. More detailed work will now be carried out following the decision – by 40 votes to one – to authorise the Council of Ministers to move ahead […]