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Governor signs Kata Rocks IEE Approval
Written On 7 Oct 2009
Today, the Governor of Phuket and his new committee signed the approval for the IEE for Kata Rocks. The IEE is the environmental approval.
Kata Rocks had previously been told that we had passed our IEE before but the Governor had not signed it off. The new Governor came into office and refused to approve all 39 projects that were up for IEE approval that month because he wanted to set up another committee to review all the cases. This was nothing specifically to do with Kata Rocks. We just happened to be one of the cases in that month. This new committee has now been formed and has passed most of the 39 projects including Kata Rocks.
As Kata Rocks is right on the oceanfront, the environmental concern was that the construction could contaminate the sea. To demonstrate that this will not happen, a very substantial temporary silt barrier has been designed which will prevent anything going into the sea. This will be removed after construction.
Due to the delays in getting IEE approval, the start of full construction at Kata Rocks has inevitably been delayed which has been very frustrating. However, we now expect construction of the silt barrier and rear retaining wall to begin as soon as we have the IEE approval delivered to us, which should be in about 2 to 3 weeks. These delays mean that Kata Rocks is likely to be completed in the middle of 2011. Various pre-construction works have already been undertaken including the forming of the temporary entrance and drilling of the water wells. See the construction photos here
http://www.katarocks.com/All_Photos/Construction_Progress/
Kata Rocks had previously been told that we had passed our IEE before but the Governor had not signed it off. The new Governor came into office and refused to approve all 39 projects that were up for IEE approval that month because he wanted to set up another committee to review all the cases. This was nothing specifically to do with Kata Rocks. We just happened to be one of the cases in that month. This new committee has now been formed and has passed most of the 39 projects including Kata Rocks.
As Kata Rocks is right on the oceanfront, the environmental concern was that the construction could contaminate the sea. To demonstrate that this will not happen, a very substantial temporary silt barrier has been designed which will prevent anything going into the sea. This will be removed after construction.
Due to the delays in getting IEE approval, the start of full construction at Kata Rocks has inevitably been delayed which has been very frustrating. However, we now expect construction of the silt barrier and rear retaining wall to begin as soon as we have the IEE approval delivered to us, which should be in about 2 to 3 weeks. These delays mean that Kata Rocks is likely to be completed in the middle of 2011. Various pre-construction works have already been undertaken including the forming of the temporary entrance and drilling of the water wells. See the construction photos here
http://www.katarocks.com/All_Photos/Construction_Progress/