Development for Ritz Carlton given the go ahead

Providenciales, TCI, February 21, 2017 –  The match appears to be over as TCIG has won the most recent bout of an ongoing court fight over whether or not it is legal for the construction of a 12 storey development on Grace Bay to go forward or to be scrapped.  The Appeals court today upheld a ruling that it is legal and gave the Government and the investors the go ahead on the Ritz Carlton development which has sparked outrage in some quarters and excitement in others.

Government had been challenged on the legality of the process by which the development approval was granted; the challengers saying it did not follow the letter of the law, and actually fell far short of what is required before a construction of this scope is approved.  There were some legislative changes, supported strongly at Cabinet and in the House of Assembly and that gave Government, at the time the PNP Administration, the green light for work to begin.

However, advancements were delayed by legal battles and public push back that the development is the beginning of the end of the exclusive escape that Grace Bay and Providenciales are… today, the Appellate court disagreed and upheld the decision that the Government and the Developers are permitted to move forward on the plan.   The Ritz Carlton development is expected to create a boom in construction.

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