The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

We write to state our solidarity with our small community (Gambier Heights and Tropical Gardens) in its contest of the proposed expansion of A Stone’s Throw Away development which will incur a rezoning of our quiet residential space to commercial.

Objections

• Buyers like myself made an investment in purchasing their homes for the long term in a single-family residential neighbouurhood.

• heightens the risk of devaluing our home with the traffic that ensues from commercialisation (traffic, parking issues, an increase of rodent infestation, an influx of customers that may put the surrounding home at risk for property infringement and crime.

• If the area is rezoned, at anytime, a new business can occupy that proposed site; and any kind of business (bar, disco, venue rental, gambling house, etc) can find itself our unwelcomed new neighbour.

• Any expansion to A Stone’s Throw Away will incur more large service vehicles frequenting the area (no-through road) blocking our entrance and adding unsafe conditions for the children in our community to bike or play outdoors on our quiet cul-de-sac streets.

Currently, there is zero parking space for the existing Bed and Breakfast resort, and this past week, over ten cars were parked in front of our homes, some blocking driveways.

Roderick and Beverley Turnquest (Lot #20) oppose this proposal.

B Jane Turnquest

Nassau.

October 4, 2023