NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Following the erection of the Cabbage Beach fence, 35 days after Our News team last reported, Dis We Beach advocacy group is now confirming that after speaking with the vendors there, the fence has been taken down in secret.
The battle ignited back in August when developers first fenced off portions of the sand for the development of a $300 million project.
After weeks of escalating tension, Dis We Beach activists repeatedly pushed back against what they claim were massive developers trying to take over our public beaches.
However, with the barrier gone, founder of Dis We Beach, Selina Archer has launched a petition garnering signatures and demanding full transparency over the legal property boundaries.
Selina Archer – Founder, Dis We Beach
“We know that it wasn’t any of the ministry’s at this point that had removed it. So we decided that before another fence went up that we wanted to create a petition so that we can get all of the relevant ministry’s, [so] we could get answers from them…”
“That petition is now circulating. We have ignited another push because we have not gotten any responses to it, even though we’ve written to several ministries. So, that would be the Ministry of Works. The department of Environmental Protection…”
Following that initial push for answers, Dis We Beach advocacy group is now rapidly gaining momentum on the ground.
Archer and other activists are mobilizing a massive public response to pressure several government ministries that have completely ignored the issue.
It all comes down to a critical fight for full disclosure over the future of the natural coastline.
“We wanted to know if the foreshore, the high water mark was going to change…and if there was gonna be any level of accretion, which would mean that either the developer might get more land than they are currently entitled to. We wanted to know where the boundaries were, and we wanted to know which permits allowed them to put up the fence in the first place….”
Archer also says the group firmly maintains that Bahamians deserve unobstructed access to the beautiful beaches that are rightfully theirs to enjoy.
