Plans for the proposed Park Hyatt resort in St George’s has received dozens of objections, including a petition with almost 300 signatures.Among the common complaints are concerns about sewage treatment and reverse osmosis facilities, to be built in a largely residential area, and proposed construction on reserve land.Jennifer Gray, Executive Director of the Bermuda National Trust, said that while the organisation understood the need for a hotel in the East End, an environmental impact assessment should be carried out before plans are approved.“We note from the plans that a number of the proposed hotel/ residential facilities have been proposed for land designated for conservation,” Ms Gray said.“The National Trust believes it is feasible that such facilities can be located within the boundaries of the lands already designated for development, in particular the staff housing, utility areas and the residences that encroach on woodlands reserve.”She also expressed concern about the plans use of property zoned for tourism being used for residential and fractional units, potentially inhibiting future tourism growth and putting more pressure on rich environmental areas for development.Regarding the proposed sewage facilities, she said she hoped any facilities would be able to tie in to the sewage needs of the greater St George’s area.“Ultimately, the entire area, including the marine environment, would benefit from tertiary sewage treatment,” she said.The estimated $300 million resort is widely hoped to help revitalise St George’s, which has suffered in recent years from a reduction in the number of cruise ships visiting the town.Around 40 buildings are included in the proposed development including a 100-room hotel spread over eight buildings, along with numerous villas and condominiums.The project will also involve the redevelopment of the St George’s Golf Course by Nick Faldo, a spa, restaurants and fitness centre.More controversially, the plan also includes a utilities site to be built on Old Military Road with a sewage treatment plant.While developer Carl Bazarian has said that the plant would be state of the art, producing no noise or odour, residents have expressed concern the development would reduce their quality of life.A group of the residents, the Old Military Road Taskforce, proposed several alternate sited for the utility area, calling the site selected by developers “unacceptable.”They were joined in their complaints by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST), who called the development “starkly un-Bermudian.”The project has also received dozens of letters of objection from members of the public.The plans for the development remain available for public viewing at the Department of Planning headquarters in the Dame Lois Browne Evans building.Useful website: www.planning.gov.bm.