FIRST, BAJAN soil wasn't good enough for the Royal Westmoreland Golf and Country
Club at St. James -- now Bajan grass isn't either.
Paul Altman, a Westmoreland director, confirmed yesterday that grass would soon arrive from Florida for the course. Yesterday, developers acknowledged plans to import 12 000 tonnes of a sand/soil mixture called greens-mix. Altman said there was nothing peculiar about the imports for the golf course. He also sought to assure Barbadians that the grass imported would be disease-free.
"The grass has to meet all standards of the local agricultural sector."
Altman said another requirement was for the shipment to be stamped by the exporting country, declaring it worm-free. He said a first shipment hadn't been cleared because of that problem.
"The grass had to be grown a second time and it delayed the shipment by a month. But again, as developers, we accepted that was a requirement of the local government and agricultural sector."
The developer said most of the sand for the course would be bought locally.