Lighthouse Point, Eleuthera.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Environmental groups have expressed serious concerns about Disney’s efforts to “rush through” environmental approval for their proposed $400 million cruise ship port at Lighthouse Point, Eleuthera.
Waterkeeper Alliance, Friends of the Earth US and four Bahamian environmental groups reEarth, Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation (BREEF), Save the Bays and Waterkeepers Bahamas said they are dismayed by indications that the thousands of public comments submitted recently “that raised dozens, if not hundreds, of questions about the adequacy of Disney’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) will not get serious consideration”.
In a statement released yesterday, it was noted that on May 7, the organizations submitted detailed comments, including from multiple independent experts, which were highly critical of the adequacy of the EIA.