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Welcome to the Public Meeting of
Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden
Development Plan Sint Maarten
Februari 2013
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Welcome by the initiator of this meeting
Deputy Prime Minister
William V. Marlin:
Ministry of Public Housing,
Spatial Planning, Environment
and Infrastructure
On behalf of Mr. William V.
Marlin we welcome you to this
meeting to discuss the points
of departure of the areas
Greater Philipsburg and
Over the Pond / Suckergarden
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Welcome by the hosts of this meeting
o Louis Brown: Acting Secretary General VROMI
o Tatiana Arrindell: Moderator
o Hans Sellink: Dept. Head VROMI
o Thijs Sommers: Project Leader VROMI
o Mariska Ruiter: Project Leader Royal HaskoningDHV
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Agenda
o Explanation about the Development Plan
o Topics to discuss:
o Traffic
o Tourism
o Commercial
o Residential
o Nature
o Culture
o Discussion
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Hillside Conservation Areas
Dawn Beach
Hillside Conservation Areas
Great Bay
2 Development Plans
Dutch Quarter
Middle Region
Point Blanche
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o Legal framework for possible future development
o To designate and/or reserve land for desired use
o To prevent undesired development
o To offer legal security to residents about future development
It’s not an ‘Action Plan’; it’s a framework plan:
o Map
o Regulations
o Elucidation
And, we will make it in consultation with you
Purpose of the Development Plan
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It is a framework plan: reserve space in terms of zoning with a
scope of 10 years
Not an action plan, a development plan does not include:
o Maintenance policies
o Detailed designs of roads, public facilities etc.
Above mentioned issues are also important, but should be
addressed in other plans/ policies with a different scope
Scope of the Development Plan
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How it is made
The plan will be drawn up in steps:
On tonight’s agenda:
o Present situation
o What’s going on
o What problems exist
o The starting points
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The first meeting tonight
1st public meeting: tonight
PPT available on website asap
www.sintmaartengov.orgSub: •Government•Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure•Zoning / Development Plans
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 11View over Philipsburg and Pond Island, seen from Saint Peter Battery / Vineyard
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 12View over the valleyGreat Bay and front of Philipsburg, seen from Bobby’s Marina area
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 13View over the valleyBoardwalk Philipsburg
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 14View over the valleyNisbeth Road
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 15View over the valleyResidential area in western part of Philipsburg
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 16Backstreet
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 17Divi Little Bay Beach Resort and Fort Amsterdam (source: Internet)Divi Little Bay- Fort Amsterdam
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 18A.T. Illidge Road
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 19View over the valley
Over the Pond
Antigua Drive
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 20Over the Pond – Madame’s EstateMadame Estate
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 21Industrial activities Over the Pond
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 22Salt Pond – westside Pond IslandSoualiga Road , Pond Island
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 23Pond Island, looking east from the waste dump
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 24View over the valleyNipple Cactus Road
Development Plan Sint Maarten, Greater Philipsburg + Over the Pond / Suckergarden 25View over the valleyHope Estate - Experiment
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Expansion of Sint Maarten in 40 years time…
Philipsburg / Suckergarden Road
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Present situation
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Main Topics
TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Main objectives:
o Improve accessibility – Reduce congestion
o Improve facilities for pedestrians
o Enough parking space
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Issues to discuss:
o Congestion
o New main roads
o Parking
Traffic
Boardwalk along Great Bay: one of the few
examples of space for pedestrians and cyclists
o Road design
o Numerous sidestreets
o Public transport
Busy traffic in Philipsburg
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o W.A. Nisbeth Road
o A.T. Illidge Road
o Juancho Yrausquin Boulevard
o Sucker Garden Road Arch Road
Sucker Garden Road
A.T. Illidge Road
W.A. Nisbeth Road
Juancho Yrausquin
Boulevard
Congestion main roads
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o One of the solutions for congestion: improve main road network
(Ring Road / link 3)
Draft design Link 3
New main roads
Starting point: Designate space to finish link’ 3
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Road Design Ring Rd / W.A. Nisbeth Rd
Circa 65 m available:
Sand for ring road / informal parkingCombined local + through traffic +parking
No sidewalk
o Present situation
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Road Design Ring Rd / W.A. Nisbeth Rd
o Draft design Ring Road
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Road Design Ring Rd / W.A. Nisbeth Rd
Starting point: Designate Ring Road + Use (parts of) space for buildings
o Some locations: Circa 100 m available
o Use park strip for pavilions, restaurants,
small offices, residential
o Access via local traffic system
o Set high demands for architecture and
own parking regulations
o Some locations space available for buildings between
current road and new Ring Road
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Road design other main roads
Starting point: Reserve space for sidewalks along all main roads No parking directly alongside the road
‘Beautification’:
o A.T. Illidge Road
o Arch Road
o Sucker Garden Road
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Parking only on parking lots alongside the road
Road design
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Numerous side streets
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Present situation Solution for future situation
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Secondary roads
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Secondary roads
Possible secondary road system
Starting point:Upgrade secondary road system (side walks)
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o Car drivers looking for P
o Busses (bus stops are used as P)
o Pedestrians on the streets
o High traffic pressure
Issue:
o Rearranging traffic Philipsburg?
o Banning traffic on certain hours / days / moments / areas?
Congestion Philipsburg
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Rearranging traffic Philipsburg
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Parking Philipsburg
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Exististing parking space
o Extra Parking space along Ring Road
o Parking garages in Philipsburg? Where?P
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Parking Philipsburg
Starting points: Reserve space for parking:
o Enlargement Ring Road City Parking
o Enable Parking garages on (some) empty lots
o Set regulations for parking spaces per house, shop and/or hotel
room etc.
Existing Parking area W.A. Nisbeth Road
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Starting point: Preserve the alleys
o Importance of keeping the alleys clear
of buildings: view on the water
Alley with a view to the water
Obstruction of the view X
Apotheek Steeg
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o To relieve congestion
o To improve mobility of the people (without cars)
Suggestions:
o Expand / improve bus routes and network
o On land and on water
o Designated safe and comfortable bus stops
o Central bus terminal, somewhere along the Ring Road, close to
Philipsburg?
o Together with the French side
o Shuttle bus or trolley from Philipsburg to the harbor
In the Development plan: mostly within space for traffic
Public Transport
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Traffic
Starting points:
o Designate Ring Road / ‘link’ 3
o All main roads:
- Reserve space for sidewalks along all main roads
- No parking directly alongside the road
o Attention for secondary road system
o Philipsburg: reserve space for parking:
- Enlargement Ring Road City Parking
- Enable Parking garages on (some) empty lots
- Set regulations for parking spaces per house, shop
and/or hotel room, etc.
o Alleys Philipsburg: preserve the many alleys
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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Main objective:
o Accomodate tourism and
recreation around the
Great Bay
o Diversification and
quality of the tourism
product
Tourism and recreation Philipsburg / Great Bay
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Around Great Bay / Philipsburg
Present situation:
o Main tourist attraction
o High potential, but not fully used: connection to the harbour
and to Fort Amsterdam
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Around Great Bay / Philipsburg
Suggestions
o Finish boardwalk western part
o Create extra jetty westside
o Enhance connection to Harbor Village and Fort A’dam
o Create nodes around north-south drives, with commercial
functions
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o Enlargement of the harbor basin, to
accomodate charter sailboats and
yachts
o Boardwalk along the Bay / around
the marinas
o Maintaining Bobby’s Marina
o Intensifying and enlarging public
waterfront (EDC property),
diversification of functions:
o Music entertainment: for instance
Great Bay Jazz festival, disco
o Caribbean village
o Aquarium, planetarium, museum,
theatre
Development Perspective Sint Maarten Philipsburg Greater Great Bay Area, 2003 (Sint Maarten, Gemeente Almere en TKA Architecture + Urban Design)
Waterfront: Possible functions
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Starting points:
Reserve space to:
o Finish boardwalk western part
o Create extra jetty westside
o Create nodes around north-south drives, with commercial
functions
o Enhance connection to Harbor Village and Fort Amsterdam
o Intensify and enlarge public waterfront Bobby’s Marina / EDC
property, with functions mentioned before
Tourism and recreation
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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Main objectives:
o Industry: Find best
location for required
industrial facilities
o Commercial:
Accommodate
commercial
functions
o Public Functions:
Maintain and
enhance public
functions
Industry, Commercial and Public functions
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Bank of Salt Pond
Issues to discuss:
o Medium / heavy industry (production of building materials) near
residential area and near Salt Pond
o Discussion: Replacement?
Production of building materials
o Two possible scenarios
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Scenario 1: Mainly Conservation
o Western side: Commercial, residential
o Middle: Green buffer; zoo and possible location for
agriculture/ aquaphonics
o Eastern side: Maintain / Cluster industrial
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Scenario 2: Development Waterfront
o Outplacement of industrial functions
o Urban renewal along the Waterfront: Commerical, tourism,
recreation, offices, residential, education, …
Mixed use / Commercial /Residential
Zoo, green area
Mixed use / Commercial /Residential
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Pond Island: First atmosphere
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Pond Island: Second atmosphere
o University, sports, Festival Village
o Issue: current functions don’t all match the potential of this
location
Soualiga Road, University, Office buildingFestival Village
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Pond Island
Waste processing, surrounded by
green buffer
Mixed use: public administration,
larger scale commercial/offices,
residential, parking
Current functions (e.g. TelEm, Gov.
Administration building)
and future Parking garage
‘Soualiga Boulevard’: green
boulevard/ public park
Sport and green area
Current functions (University,
census, Festival Village)
‘Salt Walk’ (reflected in topic
on cultural heritage)
Based on: Development Perspective Sint Maarten Philipsburg Greater Great Bay Area, 2003 (Sint Maarten, Gemeente Almere en TKA Architecture + Urban Design)
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Philipsburg
Issue / Discussion: Enhance the central axis in Philipsburg
o Urban renewal Clem Lebega square and surroundings:
o Redevelopment to a green public park
o Improve sightline
o Parking (partly) underground or elsewhere?
o Options for the location of the current administration building?
Development Perspective Sint Maarten Philipsburg Greater Great Bay Area, 2003 (Sint Maarten, Gemeente Almere en TKA Architecture + Urban Design)
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Philipsburg
Issue: Commercial functions:
Discussions:
Commercial/centre functions: More highrise?
Boardwalk: only Food & Beverage, no new shops?
Offices (large): Cluster in Vineyard area and Pond Island?
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Main objectives:
o Residential quality mix
o Healthy and safe living environment for everybody
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Housing
Issues to discuss, Philipsburg:
o Increase the liveliness
o Maintain authentic atmosphere
o Different approach for:
o ‘down street’ (west of Sea Palace Hotel)
o ‘centre and head of town’ (east of Sea Palace Hotel
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Housing
Philipsburg: ‘down street’
o Maintain authentic residential atmosphere, primarily residential
designation
o Building height of ‘palm tree top’ preferably defined as 2 levels
with a sloped roof
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Housing
Philipsburg: ‘centre and head of town’
o Increase the vibrance, mixture of functions
o Enhance nightlife?
o Enhance residential use above shops
o Higher density, building height: depending on location
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Housing
Over the Pond + Sucker Garden:
o Mixed types of neighborhoods
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Housing
Attention for affordable housing:
o Foga Housing Project: 32 two bedroom duplexes
Draft
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Housing
Starting Points:
Philipsburg:
o Increase mix and vibrance of Philipsburg
o Maintain residential character main part of western
Philipsburg
Over the Pond, Sucker Garden:
o Residential mix also in the future
o Designate respective area for the Foga affordable housing
project
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Main objectives:
o Maintain / improve attractive living and working environment
o Sub-center close to residential areas
o Secondary school within the area
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Starting point: Attention for quality of public space
o Maintain / improve the quality of public space
Public space Philipsburg
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Over the Pond and Sucker Garden - ‘Village Centre’
o The shops, schools, community facilities are spread out, mostly
along the main road
o There is no ‘town or village heart’
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SchoolChurchMedical centreCommunity centrePlaygroundShopsSupermarketBarParkingSquareTreesBenches
Artist impression
‘Village Centre’
Concentration of public facilities in the neighborhood is convenient,reduces transport movements and strengthens social cohesion
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‘Village Centre’
o Possible location for a ‘Village Heart’
o Other possible locations?
Starting point: Create / enhance a ‘village heart’ inOver the Pond and Sucker Garden
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Public functions
Starting points:
o Attention for quality of public space
o Reserve space for ‘village hearts’ in Over the Pond and Sucker
Garden
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Main objectives:
o Water management: Preservation of ponds and natural gutters
o Green hills: Preserve green scenery on Sint Maarten
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Drainage
Issues to discuss:
o Protection / restoration natural drainage system
o Ponds
Gutter along Sucker Garden Road
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o The ‘natural gutters’
are the lowest places
where rainwater
accumulates
o Some of these gutters
are built over with
houses and roads
o These places have a
high risk of flooding
Natural gutters
Fresh PondRolandus Kanaal
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Reference
Indigo Bay
Starting point:Protect, and if possible restore the ‘natural gutters’, and setregulations for runoff water and flood prone areas
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Ponds
o Fresh Pond, mangrove shores
o Great Salt Pond (also reflected in topic on cultural heritage)
Starting point: Protect the ecological value and critical rententioncapacity of Fresh Pond and Great Salt Pond
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Nature: Green hills
Green hills:
o Vital for nature, landscape and tourism on Sint Maarten
o Preserve the green areas that are not required for housing,
most of them are part of Development plan Hillside
Conservation Areas
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Nature
Starting points:
o Protect, and if possible restore the ‘natural gutters’ and set
regulations for runoff water and flood prone areas
o Protect the ecological value and critical rentention capacity of
Fresh Pond and Great Salt Pond
o Preserve the green areas that are not required for housing
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TRAFFIC: Roads and other infrastructure
TOURISM: Tourism and Recreation
INDUSTRY: Industry, Commercial and Public functions
RESIDENTIAL: Housing
Public space
NATURE: Water and Landscape
CULTURE: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Main objective:
o Sustainable maintanance of cultural heritage of Sint Maarten
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Culture
Issues to discuss:
o Heritage elements (monuments and old trees)
o Conservation through development
o Archaeology
Courthouse First town on Sint Maarten: Philipsburg
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Culture
o Conservation through development, references: enable appropriate
use of monuments to help finance maintenance
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Culture
o Decay of some of the monuments in Philipsburg, how to preserve
them best?
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Salt Walk
o Idea for enhancing cultural
heritage / tourism around
the Salt Pond
o Route: cruise terminal,
Captain Hodge Pier, Central
axis to Pond Island, salt
pans and back
o Education, recreation,
cultural heritage
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Heritage elements
Source: Ministry VROMI –Sint Maarten Archeologic Centre
Starting point: Preserve monuments, wall patterns and old trees
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Archaeology
Starting point: Research needed for development of areas with
high archaeological expectation, and medium in
case of large development
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Culture
Starting points:
o Preserve monuments (including the salt pans), wall patterns,
and old trees, by the principle of ‘conservation through
development’
o Research needed for development of areas with:
- high archaeological expectation
- medium - in case of large development
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What’s next?
o 2nd public meeting:
- Design Development Plan
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Discussion: your input please
o Parking garages in and around Philipsburg? Where?
o Rearranging traffic Philipsburg?
o Banning traffic on certain hours / days / moments / areas?
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Discussion: your input please
Tourism Greater Philipsburg
o Finish boardwalk western part
o Create extra jetty westside
o Enhance connection to Fort A’dam
o Extended boardwalk to harbor village
o Intensify and enlarge public waterfront，
EDC property
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Over the Pond/ Suckergarden
Scenario 1: Mainly Conservation
Scenario 2: Development Waterfront,replacement of (heavy) industry
Discussion: your input please
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Discussion your input please
Enhance the central axis Philipsburg to Pond Island
o Urban renewal Clem Lebega square and surroundings:
o Redevelopment of Clem Lebega and to a green public park
o Improve sightline
o Parking (partly) underground or elsewhere?
o Future options for the current administration building?
Development Perspective Sint Maarten Philipsburg Greater Great Bay Area, 2003 (Sint Maarten, Gemeente Almere en TKA Architecture + Urban Design)
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Thank you for your attention
You are invited to give additional input via our e-mail:
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Discussion your input please
o Parking: locations for parking garages?
o Tourism greater Philipsburg:
o Extend Boardwalk to western side (Great Bay Beach Hotel)
o Create extra jetty westside?
o Enhance connection with Fort Amsterdam, how?
o Development of waterfront and connection to the harbour
o Over the Pond and Sucker Garden:
o Maintain current situation? Development of green buffer between
industrial and mixed use functions?
o Or, development of waterfront, replacement of industrial activities ?
o Other ideas, suggestions?
o Philipsburg, enhance central axis
o urban renewal of Clem Lebega square and surroundings?
