PM in favour of a second port
Prime Minister David Thompson on Tuesday suggested creating a second port in the north of the island, saying this would help to address security concerns at the current port in Bridgetown.
Speaking during debates on the 2008-2009 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, Thompson said there were "security concerns for a country like Barbados have five or six massive cruise liners in one port".
"There are other related concerns but I'm also saying that if we are interested in the development of Barbados as a whole, a lot of our natural attractions are in the north of Barbados and there is absolutely no reason why Barbados should not be looking to develop an addition cruise facility," Thompson said.
He added that Government would be going in this direction as long as it could find the resources to do it.
Thompson's Democratic Labour Party came to power on January 15 after it defeated the Barbados Labour Party which had ruled for 14 consecutive years.
CMC
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