Two years after Irma's visit, Maggi Shurtleff, the main owner of the Captain Oliver marina at Oyster Pond, is still unable to rebuild the site.
Recently, she contacted the authorities in Sint Maarten to see how she could envisage reconstruction. “They replied that I had to go to the French authorities, that it was up to them to issue me a building permit! "Says Maggi who does not hide his astonishment. “After having paid all taxes for thirty-six years only in the Dutch part, this one tells me to address myself to the French part! ", She confides. "I went to see the prefect Sylvie Feucher and the president of the community, Daniel Gibbs, who both told me that the Prime Minister agreed to the issuance of a permit by the French side and told me explained how to do it, ”she continues.
However Maggi wants to secure his rear. It therefore wants the government of Sint Maarten to certify in writing its words that the reconstruction permit for the marina must be granted by the French authorities. What they also want without which they will not give any authorization. But there, radio silence on the part of representatives of the government of Sint Maarten and the Netherlands who, in the meantime, still did not recognize the border. (source: soualigapost.com)
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