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David A. Burch

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27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, it is now.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Ministry of Public Works has identified a number of projects that meet the criteria to make Bermudians lives better. The community enrichment projects that have been selected are primarily given toward public safety as it is fundamental to the well -being and quality of life of individuals and communities. It provides an environment where people can live, …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman. So, the Railway Trail. This is in addition to the funding that is already provided for railway trails. And if you have been on any of them, they are all in a state of disrepair. And so currently, we employ the normal workers at Parks to do it as overtime. That clearly is not working as well as …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, private roads. No, that is the only thing it is going to do, asphalting. Official Hansar d Report 27 September 2024 1759 B ermuda House of Assembly Mr. L. Craig Cannonier: Okay.
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And so the process is that there is a formula that sets out what the Government will c ontribute to pave the private roads. And MPs generally canv as all the people who are on the frontage. And once y ou get to 75 per cent of people who are saying yes and pay, we can then proceed in doing …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I would invite the MP to submit that request. If it is a safety issue, then it tak es a higher priority than falling in line for road paving. We have several of those on a regular basis, private and public. Those who live in the West will know that yes terday we closed the lid on Harbour …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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—i mmediately collapsing. So that was carried out overnight in c onjunction with the homeowner, who was well onside in terms of paying for it. But Public Works’ respons ibility is to go out and do the assessment and mak e the recommendations. So if he reaches out to the PS of Public Works and gives us the details, then …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Chairman, I move that items—
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Items 6, 10 and 11, Heads 82 and 65, be approved. The Chairman: Are there any objections to that? There are none. Approved. [ Motion carried: Ministry of Public Works, Head 82 Works and Engineering, and Head 65 Capital Development passed.] [ Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that consideration be given to the draft Lease Agreement between the Bermuda Land Management Corporation and Sea Grass Services, Limited reference an area of land comprising 5.9 acres located at Burrows Hill, South Side Road, between Stocks Road and Hall Street, St. George’s [Parish] DD 03, showing edged in yellow on the annexed photographic …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in accordance with section 22 of the Bermuda Land Corporation Act of 1982, I introduce the Agreement for Lease between the Bermuda Government, Bermuda Land Management Corporation and Sea Grass Services, Limited for land measuring a total area of 5.9 acres located at Burrows Hill between Stocks Road and Hall Street, Southside, St. George’s Parish as denoted in …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Th e Speaker: Thank you.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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And I thank colleagues for their comments and support. A couple of things. So the lease is not signed (Where is he?) because we have not passed it. [Lau ghter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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And they have not paid any money because we have not passed it. And it has to go through that other place. But I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, that we are fully on schedule in terms of all of the timelines that we have had to meet in order to bring this to fruition. I had to comment. The …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to attach and submit for the consideration of the Honourable House of Assembly the draft Lease Agreement between t he Bermuda Land Management Corporation and Sea Grass Services Limited, referenc ing [the] area of land comprising 5.9 acres located at Burrows Hill, Southside Ridge between Stock ’s Road and Hall Street, St. George’s, shown …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to announce the official establishment of the Bermuda Land Management Corporation . Mr . Speaker, in July 2002 the then Cabinet decided that the Central Policy Unit should complete a re-view of 17 quangos which focused on the following objectives: 1.Determine whether Bermuda’s q uangos as currently constructed are meeting Govern-ment’s aims …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I am proud to demonstrate to the listening public this Government’s pledge to foster economic development and diversification in Bermuda. I tabled a motion earlier this morning in this Honourable House to approve the lease agreement between the Bermuda Land Management Corporation and Seagrass Services Limited , a l ocal subsidiary of the multinational corporation Google LLC. …