Grand Bahama Port Authority President, Ian Rolle was questioned by reporters about the state of relations between the GBPA and the government on Thursday. There has been tension between the entities as multiple cabinet ministers including Prime Minister, the Hon. Philip Davis have commented on whether the GBPA has lived up to their end of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement.
Rolle said, “the Prime Minister made certain comments and other ministers made certain comments about what they want to see and of course the Prime Minister is very passionate about the entire Bahamas. He wants to see progress on every single island including Grand Bahama for a while due to all sorts of different reasons such as the pandemic and various hurricanes that have affected the island has caused significant issues with the economy in Grand Bahama. There’s no other island in The Bahamas that has suffered like Grand Bahama as a result of these natural disasters.”
The Port President said there is almost $2 billion dollars in investments set for Grand Bahama. “Recently we’ve had the PM said today, he reiterated what we’ve been saying for a while about the number of projects in the pipeline what’ll transform the economy of Grand Bahama,” Rolle said.
The government is currently seeking to collect money through arbitration it says is owed by the GBPA for services carried on on Grand Bahama.
