IOD Convention “Infrastructure”
The theme of this year’s convention was “Infrastructure” with the main question being “what is required as a sense of urgency?” The panel consisted of Dr. Andrew McLaughlin, David Falla, Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Lyndon Trott and Werner Von Guionneau with Alastair Stewart as moderator. There were a number of suggestions such as digital infrastructure, the harbour and air links. After hearing the different views spoken by the panel, I think that air links should be our main priority because we are at the stage where it is very difficult to get on and off the island - especially by air. This is a crucial issue, as it is simply too expensive for frequent travel to be economically viable. This along with Aurigny’s heavy cost to the States suggests that there must be a better way to deal with the problem. In my opinion we should be utilising the initiative of Waves, who recognise that most aircrafts are never full and so, by having on-demand taxi airlines, it will reduce costs for the cons...