TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums St. Maarten - St. Martin Cupecoy is turning into a mini-city with high rises

A short list with just a few of the impacts of continued development:

1. Increased traffic on the roads

2. Fewer available parking spaces in commercial areas

3. Higher demand for desalinated water

4. Higher demand for sewage treatment

5. Higher demand for electricity

6. Degradation of coral reefs and marine species due to increases in runoff from roads, etc., and sewage discharges

7. More crowded beaches, leading to increased litter

8. Higher demand for solid waste disposal -- which means a bigger mountain in the salt pond landfill in Philipsburg, and the ocean-side dump near Cul-de-Sac on the French Side.