The future of the George Town Landfill looks green after Dart and the Cayman Islands Government signed a number of agreements on Tuesday, 13 October to continue the capping and remediation of the country’s largest landfill.
Across Grand Cayman, major roadworks are underway at key pinch-points to upgrade and expand the existing network to alleviate traffic congestion and improve road safety for all users.
The Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure and the National Roads Authority are hoping a new road project will alleviate heavy traffic through Industrial Park and ease congestion onto the Butterfield roundabout at the southern end of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway.
Almost 10 years ago, Dart and the Cayman Rugby Football Club began discussions about potentially relocating and expanding the Club’s facilities at a new location at the southern end of Camana Bay.
After more than three years of formal negotiations, Dart and the Rugby Club have been unable to achieve a mutually agreeable lease agreement; As a result, Dart has withdrawn its offer to the Rugby Club for a peppercorn lease of land at Camana Bay for the construction of new facilities.
While there are no active, alternate plans for the site, the master planning for Camana Bay is an ongoing, iterative process, and the town has evolved and grown greatly since discussions were first entered into with the Rugby Club some years ago. Dart remains committed to assisting the Rugby Club in its pursuit of an alternate location and those discussions are ongoing.
Dart believes sport has an important role to play in fostering community spirit and will continue to support the Rugby Club and similar organisations through donations and corporate sponsorship opportunities wherever possible.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to spread across every sector globally and has confronted the hospitality industry worldwide with an unprecedented challenge. As the virus is widespread internationally, the Cayman Islands Government continues to prioritise the safety of the local community with a phased reopening of borders beginning 1 October that includes a 14-day quarantine period for all airport arrivals.
As part of a private sector taskforce formed to support the safe reopening of the country’s borders, Dart is trialling a wearable biodevice as an additional precaution for hospitality staff when tourists return to the Cayman Islands. The BioButton continuously monitors heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature as potential COVID-19 symptoms, alerting the wearer to any changes in their vitals. Learn more in the Cayman Compass article
Late last year, Dart announced a donation of 366 trees — one for each day of the 2020 leap year — to the Cayman Islands. While the pandemic put a temporary pause on plantings, Dart Manager of Community Development Dominic Ross says the project is restarting in earnest.
