Land Use
NDC recognizes the urgent need for proper administration of the system for the physical development and improvement of private lands; implementation of a tenable land tenure system; the management of natural resources; conservation of forests, national parks, centers of national Heritage and other protected areas and sites; coastal areas and marine resources, beach protection; solid waste management, pollution; climate change and other environmental matters.
NDC recognizes that social and economic development depend on the quality of the social and physical infrastructure like roads, water, telecommunications, transportation, electricity and sewerage.
An N.D.C Government will continue to invest heavily in major and secondary roads, as well as farm and feeder roads and will ensure proper and effective administrative machinery for implementation, rehabilitation and maintenance in order to produce the highest standard of workmanship.Re-establish the Public Works Department and reconstitute the Tenders Board.
Public UtilitiesNDC recognises the urgent need for an efficient system of public transport and its importance to social and economic development and will work closely with Bus Drivers Association to advise same.
An NDC Government will continue its programme of construction of reservoirs and other projects to provide adequate water supply.
Ensure that every household has access to pipe-borne water at affordable rates. Cheap and reliable telecommunication services are essential not only for social intercourse but especially for economic development.
NDC will ensure that Grenadians enjoy a reliable telecommunication system at reasonable cost.
Environment
An NDC Government will develop a viable strategy for enhancing the public’s health through the promotion of increased awareness of the linkages between health and the environment, mobilization of technical and financial resources to address critical environmental problems, strengthening of enforcement of health related standards especially relating to food and water and full compliance with international environmental treaties.
Rural Development and Local Government
The Grenadian population is mainly rural, they are also among the hardest workers and the poorest of the poor.
NDC pledges to work untiringly toward the transformation of rural Grenada, including Carriacou & Petite Martinique.
NDC sees rural development as the means towards achieving balance in social and economic development – including generation of new employment, equitable distribution of income, widespread improvement in health, nutrition and housing, greater opportunities for all citizens to release their full potential through education, organization and participation.
NDC’s goals are to reverse rural / urban drift; to develop a productive rural economy and to recreate vibrant, creative and healthy community living among our rural people. Such a process will ensure that people are provided with opportunities both to earn a living and to blossom in and give leadership to the communities in which they live.
NDC is also committed to a properly structured system of Local Government which will underpin and give legitimacy to the process of people’s participation at every level of the society.
