PHILIPSBURG:--- Residents of Middle Region and Dutch Quarter are reminded to attend the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure (MinVROMI) Town Hall on Thursday evening.
Representatives from the Ministry VROMI and consultants working on the project, will discuss the current situation with respect to roads and other infrastructure; shops and sub center; housing, public space; small scale agriculture; water and landscape; cultural heritage and archaeology.
Residents, stakeholders and interested persons are invited to attend the town hall meeting which will take place at the Belvedere Community Center, on Low Estate Road Belvedere from 7:00pm to 9:30pm. The meeting is part of the process of drafting "development plans" for country Sint Maarten.
The development plan will comprise of a legal framework for possible future development that would take place in the district; to designate and/or reserve land for desired use; to prevent undesired development; and to offer legal security to residents about future development in their district.
The process to develop the development plans are funded by the Dutch agency USONA to the tune of Naf. 2 million.