Dear Editor,
The return of tourists is not only a COVID risk, but also a guarantee of degradation on our sparkling blue coasts, unless we take measures to protect St Maarten/St. Martin’s best asset. Speedboats are once again encroaching on the coastline. At Mullet Bay yesterday over a dozen speedboats were barely a couple hundred feet from the shore. Same thing on Pinel. The engine fumes will quickly pollute our crystal-clear water.
Boats need to be restricted to a distance of at least 300 meters to save the beaches. Government effectively tackled the first wave of COVID 19, the same serious approach should be taken to protect our fragile environment.
Catherine Brown
