Paget Post Office according to Postmaster General Clevelyn Crichlow.

"We are going to provide a better service for the people who use the property,'' he said. "It wasn't built properly for sorting mail and it is very dangerous for people coming there to park.'' When contacted yesterday, new Department of Works and Engineering Minister the Hon. Leonard Gibbons said that his department is still negotiating with property owners and no construction is planned in the near future.

The Development Applications Board gave conditional approval to the extension of the Post Office and the provision of on-site parking at its October 20 meeting.

But before any construction can begin, a separate application for a building permit must be made and approved.

In other Board news released yesterday, Watlington Waterworks' request to dig trenches beyond its Parsons Lane substation has been deferred pending additional information.

The Development Applications Board earlier approved plans for a new water treatment plant that will add a million gallons of water a day to the Island's water supply.

Work on the new reverse osmosis facility, that will tap into the ocean, was planned two years ago and will be based on Long Range Hill in Devonshire close to North Shore.

The water will be piped in off North Shore and Watlington Waterworks will use reverse osmosis to change the sea water into water households can use.

Managing director Mr. Douglas Fetigan said Parsons Lane will be closed next week while trenches are dug some 300 feet to the new Belco substation on the edge of a marsh that is halfway between Barker's Hill and the plant itself.

A Southampton couple received conditional approval from the Development Applications Board for a part time catering kitchen.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Metschnabel of 34 Whaling Hill, must apply for a building permit before construction work can begin, and they must never employ more than two persons, one of whom must also live on the premises.