St. Maarten Private Eye

As an enthusiastic mountain biker, I was visited this week by Russel from the US who is the Project Manager of a HUGE development in Cay Bay. All those lovely quiet dirt roads and cactus strewn countryside inhabited only by the numerous horses belonging to Lucky Stables will next week begin to be replaced by "400 villas and a small hotel of 50 rooms" according to Mr. Russel. He is covering all of his bases as he was pretty intent on letting me know that bikers would still be able to pass through the property since he is an avid "outdoors enthusiast" who wants everyone to still enjoy the trails there and to disregard until further notice the "No Trespassing" signs which will go up next week.
I asked him why St. Maarten needed another 400 villas and he went on to say that he will be beautifying this area, adding "rivers and waterfalls" as well as two jetties in the bay, turning the rocky beach into a sandy one, etc etc. He says that it is all a go and that he has already been through all his plans with Andy Caballero from Nature Foundation and that a "Natural Reserve and Bird Sanctuary will be allocated at the top of the hill near the Water Tanks and Roundabout at the top of Cay Hill.
Basically, I want to know if anyone has heard of this project? And why, why, oh why, does our government want ANOTHER 400 villas built on what is now such a beautiful and serene piece of property? That's another 800 cars on the road. Not to mention the loss of some of our last biking and hiking trails.