The controversial proposed development of St Lawrence Gap and surrounding areas has not yet been given the green light, concerned residents were assured on Friday as tempers flared at a town hall meeting where Government ministers insisted the plan was simply to improve the long-neglected area.After grilling Minister of Housing Dwight Sutherland and Acting Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds about the planned compulsory acquisition of several properties in the Christ Church community, residents were told nothing was set in stone and they would have a say on the way forward.A candid Symmonds also agreed that residents should have been notified of the plans before the publication in the Press last week of a Government notice which stated that several parcels of land situated in Bath Village, St Lawrence Gap and Dover were needed for public purposes, “namely road improvement, car parking, environmental improvement and tourism development”.The parcels of land identified included commercial and residential properties.
