Nanaimo - Floating cruise ship terminal planning scrapped

[nanaimoboy]

Federal approvals don't come in time to meet funding deadline
Nanaimo Daily News
Published: Thursday, April 01, 2010

The Nanaimo Port Authority has suspended the $22-million floating cruise ship terminal project because it has not received the federal environmental assessment permits required to proceed with tender and construction of the terminal.

"It's with a profound sense of disappointment that we've been forced to make the decision to suspend this project that's been six years in the planning," Bob Bennie, board chairman said in a press release Thursday.

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailyn...5-3476ebd6b53e

[Wyatt Earp]

Perhaps the board should re-think the strategy of stakeholder management. Read between the lines there and let me know what you think.

[Smokey©]

We need to stop the Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) Nation from having too much control.

How much longer must we satisfy them for something that they agreed to a hundred plus years ago?

[All Ages Music Concerts]

Somehow I knew this proposed project was going to be a no go!

[Wyatt Earp]

This is all about planning. Proper planning with really skilled people (not trying to toot my own horn horn here) takes time, sometimes lots of it. Few people get that.

[stanley strazza]

....what is missing here is the connection between the tax paying public and the closed door beuarucrats (?)....ask somebody who knows the ocean bottom well, ask the old timers what they think is feasable to attract tourists dollars.....ask the public if they think it will work in the long run....I am so glad that the old guys are leaving or retiring from the Harbours Board.... they are so set in their ways and do not like the new ideas.....sorry to be negative fellas, but it is a shame how things like this are so darn secret......who will come here to visit us anyways......even if they biuld it behind "Benson" it still won;t work......stan the man

[Wyatt Earp]

I see it as a minor set back. I also don't see your point on behind closed doors? This is where negoiations happen and contracts are signed it is unethical to assume otherwise.

[stanley strazza]

....where did the Harbour Commision get the idea of the Cruise Ship Dock....from you Wyatt Earp or another tax payer?...nobody asked Stan the man, a guy who is a water rat....with 30 yrs of ocean floor knowledge.....so.....what closed door are "you" talking about?........stan the man

[stanley strazza]

.....there is 300 plus feet of water at Dukes Point....where should the zillion dollar cruise ships tie up at......?.......check out who owned the land there and tell me how many members of the Harbour Board made a buck on that, dead or alive..........enough said...........stan the man

[Wyatt Earp]

Stan,

Keep your pants on there big guy. No I didn't design it. but yes, there were design studies done, drilling done for samples (standard approach for piling) so I would think that side of it was covered. They couldn't get it close enough to down town as it is, with a large chunk of granite in the way - DFO has this issue against blasting these days so they elected to float it. Simple really.

You are correct in your statement of follow the money but in this case even they didn't do that.