LUCEA, Hanover:

The Hanover Parish Council yesterday lifted the stop order placed on the Spanish Fiesta Hotel Group, allowing the resumption of construction on the 1,600-room hotel at Point Estate in Lucea.

The decision was taken yesterday during the council's Infrastructure Committee meeting, which was also attended by Fiesta representatives and their attorney.

Satisfied with progress

"Representatives from the council and the Hanover Health Department visited the site ... to get a progress report as it relates to the conditions that were breached," said secretary/manager of the council, Alfred Graham. "The health department looked at the health aspects and, based on their findings, we got a progress report advising that they are satisfied with the progress being made by Fiesta, and as such, they would not object to the reopening of the site."

Last Thursday, the council placed a stop order on the site after it was reported that the hotel had breached nine of the conditions of their building permit.

- Claudia Gardner