Construction on the Grand Atlantic site continues to worry some Warwick residents, who fear the development will cut off public access to the nearby beachAnd while some still question the stability of the cliff face only a short distance from the site, developer Gilbert Lopes, of GL Construction, yesterday maintained that the site is safe and the cliff will be reinforced.Construction on the Grand Atlantic project began last July at the South Shore site of the former Golden Hind Resort.The $150 million development will feature 125 affordable homes, including 30 three-bedroom units and 95 two-bedroom condos.The site is also expected to host a 100-room hotel and 20 fractional units.Warwick residents Maureen and Russell Eddy said that since construction on the affordable housing began, construction has blocked access to the beach through Tribe Road 2.They said they grew more concerned when they recently discovered what they believe are surveyor and contractor markings on Tribe Road 1, the remaining path leading to the beach.“Number two has already disappeared,” Mr Eddy said. “At the top of number one, there are contactors markings, and there’s one at the bottom of the steps at the beach as well.“If you line them up, they go right through the steps. If that marks the edge of the project, there goes the steps to the beach.”The couple said that during a public meeting regarding the development residents asked about the Tribe Roads but did not receive a response.They also reiterated concerns as to the safety of the housing development, which is built near what they say is a rapidly eroding cliff face.“It’s just not steady. There’s no two ways about it,” Mr Eddy said.“The developer said way back when that they were going to work on the cliff face, but what the people who are buying these places don’t realise is that if something happens to that cliff face they’re probably going to get stuck with a portion of the repairs.“You buy the place for $500,000 and then you get another bill a few years down the line for another $500,000.”Mrs Eddy said that she was concerned about cost to those who purchase the homes to insure them.“People will buy them and then they are going to go to their insurers to get them insured and either they won’t get insurance, or the rates they charge will be much more than low cost housing people can afford, which is sad,” she said.Mr Lopes said yesterday that the cliff does not pose a threat to the development, according to geotechnical investigations into the site by two engineering firms.Regarding the reinforcement of the cliff face, Mr Lopes said: “We will be doing that in the next couple of months.“Everything will be done exactly according to the recommendations of our technicians.”Mr Lopes also said he had no knowledge of the markings on Tribe Road 1.“I don’t think it’s anything to do with the housing development, and that’s what we’re working on right now,” he said.Stuart Hayward, chairman of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said that the issues of the residents could have been dealt with during the Planning process, but because of the SDO the public did not have a chance to properly voice their concerns.“Because this whole project came out of SDOs they had two SDOs there wasn’t any opportunity for the public to know, to investigate or to comment, so many people are now saying ‘Oh my goodness, I didn’t know they were going to do this,’” Mr Hayward said.He said some residents were also concerned about the loss of trees in the area and the potential increase in traffic congestion caused by the surge in the number of homes and businesses in the area.“All of this is something that should have been covered by an environmental impact study before the development was approved,” he said. “With the SDO, it appears to have not happened at all.”