Little Bay
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 48 '10 " N , 62 ° 12' 18" W | ||
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| Country | Montserrat | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MS | ||
| surface | 1 km² | ||
 Little Bay
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Little Bay ( German small bay ) is a planned capital under construction on the Caribbean island of Montserrat , an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and part of the Lesser Antilles . The city is the designated capital of the overseas territory. It is located near the current de facto capital Brades on the Little Bay of the same name .
The capital is said to have a size of almost 95 hectares .
background
After the southern part of the island, including the long-standing capital of Montserrats, Plymouth , was devastated by an eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano in 1997 and the city was almost completely destroyed, this was declared a restricted area and the institutions of the state were moved to the city of Brades in the north in 1998 . After the completion of the construction of the town of Little Bay, which is only a few kilometers from Brades, it will also be legally designated as the new capital of Montserrat; until then it will be Plymouth.
construction
The development of Little Bay is supported not only by the government of Montserrat but also by the British Ministry of Development. In 2012, the government decided on a plan for the development, including the construction of a new port that will be able to handle ships up to 300 meters in size. According to the will of the island state, this should also benefit cruise ship traffic. The total volume is estimated to be at least 200 million US dollars , about half of which is attributable to the port. In 2013, work began on preparing the construction area for construction. Construction of the port began in May 2019.
Web links
- Design and construction of new capital (English)
- Architectural drawings of the new capital (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Little Bay (New Capital), Montserrat, Caribbean. Environmental Associates. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ Claude M. Jonnard: Islands in the Wind: The Political Economy of the English East Caribbean . iUniverse, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4401-9426-9 ( online [accessed May 28, 2015]).
- ↑ Axel Bojanowski : The seven strangest volcanoes: Soufrière Hills, Montserrat. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online, June 7, 2007, accessed May 28, 2015 .
- ^ Little Bay Development. Projects.dfid.gov.uk, archived from the original on April 25, 2013 ; accessed on May 28, 2015 .
- ^ Infrastructure. (No longer available online.) In: mdc.ms. Montserrat Development Corporation, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; accessed on June 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MDC Chairman calls Little Bay Development and port project, 'ambitious'. The Montserrat Reporter, May 23, 2014, accessed June 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Little Bay Development Plan Moves Into Implementation Stage. (No longer available online.) Government of Montserrat, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Montserrat Little Bay port development to boost economy, connectivity. Caribbean News Now, May 20, 2019.
