VROMI Tells PRIDE they can do their Work --- Enforce Building Ordinance says Pride.

constructiononbeach16062011Simpson Bay:--- A press release from the St. Maarten Pride Foundation states that in April 2011, the St. Maarten Pride Foundation filed a complaint at the Inspection Department of the Ministry of VROMI regarding illegal construction activities at Karakter Beach Bar on Simpson Bay Beach. The Inspection department responded by informing Pride that they are capable of doing their job. A week later, Pride was informed that a removal order had been issued. Two months later the structures at Karakater have not yet been removed. As shown in these pictures taken at Tango's Beach Bar, in the vicinity of the White Sands Beach Club on the Beacon Hill side of Simpson Bay Beach, building on the Beach in violation of the Beach Policy seems to be becoming the norm. Where is the Inspection Department?
Pride Foundation is once again calling on the Inspection department to enforce the Building Ordinance, the Beach Policy and the Nature Ordinance. The Foundation strongly recommends that the structures at Karakter Beach Bar and these new ones at Tango's Beach Bar in the vicinity of the White sands Beach Club be immediately removed.