Several boat owners have ignored Government?s call to take their vessels off Controversy Lane.

Government extended the deadline for eight vessels to be removed until May 31.

However, a visit to the Pembroke site revealed several boats were still on the property which is included in the Mill Creek Park Management Plan.

In addition, an invitation to the Press to visit the site with Premier Alex Scott and Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield, to view the progress of the Controversy Lane clean-up was cancelled at short notice yesterday.

The area is protected under the National Parks Act and includes the Controversy Lane area and Tulo Valley Nursery.

Last month, Parks Department Officers removed five unauthorised boats and a large amount of trash from the Controversy Lane area.

Government Communications Director Beverle Lottimore said she believed all of the boats were supposed to have been moved.

It has taken many years to have the boats removed and the Ministry of the Environment granted a number of extensions to the property owners, she said.

?This has been going on for a while,? Ms Lottimore said. ?Only recently has it become crunch time.?

She added some boat owners had asked if their time could be extended until the end of May, but the deadline had passed.

Last night, a spokesman from the Ministry of the Environment said his understanding was that Government was quite pleased with the progress so far.

?The area is a lot cleaner than it has been in the last few weeks and Government is looking forward to further progress,? he said.