Tue, 2008-08-12

On Monday 25th August 2008 the former Club Med hotel will be destroyed by implosion.

On Monday 18th August 2008, work will commence to rig the former Club Med hotel building with explosives. These explosives will be placed throughout the hotel building and sealed in place by a team from Demolition Dynamics, a subsidiary of DH Griffin Wrecking Co. Inc of the USA.

The explosives, once placed, will remain in the hotel throughout the week leading up to the planned implosion, scheduled for Monday 25th August 2008.

At all times during the day, the site and the explosives will be under the supervision of the Bermuda Police Service Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit.

During the night-time, the site will be locked and completely fenced off and all access will be locked and access to the site will be patrolled by the Bermuda Regiment.

The public are strongly advised, for their own health and safety to stay away from the hotel building at all times during the period leading up to the implosion.

The public is also warned that on Monday 18th August 2008 there will be a series of small explosions at the site as some initial testing of explosives will be taking place.

On the morning of Monday 25th August 2008, the day of the implosion, traffic restrictions will be instituted in the St George’s area for the safety of the motoring public but with a view to causing the minimum of disruption to traffic flow.

In order to search and clear a 1,000 ft. safety zone around the hotel, the following road junctions will be closed during the morning of the 25th August in the hours leading up to the implosion:

• Barry Road at its junction with Grenadier Lane, St George’s
• Old Military Road junction with Slippery Hill, St George’s
• Government Hill Road junction with Sapper Lane, St George’s
• Park Gates junction with entrance to St Georges Golf Club, St George’s
• Anchorage Road junction with Naval Tanks Hill, St George’s

The public is encouraged to avoid these areas between the hours of 7am and noon that day.

Marine Traffic will also be restricted during these same hours that morning in the area of Fort St. Catherine. Marine traffic will be prevented from anchoring or moving on the inside of the clearly marked “cruise ship” channel on either side of the fort and may not tie up to any of the channel markers.

All mariners wishing to anchor off and observe the implosion are encouraged to drop anchor to the oceanside of the “narrows” channel.

The public is reminded to comply with any and all directions given by members of the Bermuda Police Service Marine unit who will be in the area to assist in maintaining a 1,000 ft. safety zone from the site of the implosion.

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