The asbestos abatement plan for Morgan’s Point caused tempers to flare on Friday when clean up workers and a local farmer found the locks on the gate to Morgan’s Point had been changed.Tom Wadson was one of several people upset by the move. The new locks denied him access to feed his flock of sheep, while other clean up workers were upset that they were unable work.When contacted, developer Craig Christensen confirmed he was not informed that the locks would be changed prior to the actual change that essentially blocked access to a number of people.“The Procurement Office advised us early this morning that the site was secured for safety reasons,” said Mr Christensen.“We have been advised that access was denied for the protection of all persons entering the site. This was done as a precautionary measure.“Unfortunately we had no notice, so this has caused some anxiety. We will be assessing the issue over the weekend.“We should be able to resolve procedural matters that protects the safety of all persons who enter Morgan’s Point,” he said. “I also understand that Mr Wadson has been given access to his sheep.”An irate Mr Wadson charged that the lack of communication is typical as far as he’s concerned. He arrived on Friday to tend to the flock as usual, to find the locks changed.“I’m just a tenant farmer but if I have to pull a lamb at 3am I have to do what I have to do,” he said. “I also have a meeting on Saturday with Vanessa Turner of the Government Procurement Office.“It looks like I may have to move the flock to a northern paddock up there situated on about four acres of land that will sustain them for up to eight weeks,” he added.But he took issue with the fact that there has been very little, if any communication on the planned asbestos abatement plan for Morgan’s Point.“There has been a complete lack of communication and understanding.“To me Government acts like someone with a pimple at the end of their nose who wants to chop their whole head off just to deal with a pimple.“It’s complete mismanagement and nobody knows what they’re doing and the people of Bermuda have had enough of this mismanagement. We are sick of all the clandestine games being played,” he said.Meanwhile, Premier Paula Cox said: “We’ve been very clear and we’ve also talked to Mr Christensen and that information was certainly communicated.“What we have to do is make sure that we do not provide an opportunity for people to be exposed to risks and that communication was done. From a Government point of view and from a risk point of view we’ve got to be seen to do the necessary and that’s what’s happening.“There are safety precautions that have to be taken account of. Mr Wadson should probably go to the right Ministry, which is the Ministry of Government Estates and Information Services, Minister Michael Scott and also talk to the Director,” she said.Last week an advertisement appeared in the Official Gazette that called for those with boats or equipment stored at Morgan’s Point to remove it from the property by October 12.Any property not removed by the owners will be removed and disposed of at the owner’s expense.A section of the advertisement read: “The Government of Bermuda will soon commence further remediation and demolition work at the property.“For health and safety reasons, public access to Morgan’s Point will be prohibited. Unlawful access to the site after this date, including George’s Bay and the inlet to the peninsula, may result in legal actions.”A second advertisement in the same issue of the official gazette stated that Government is seeking asbestos abatement contractors for the site.The advertisement stated that all known qualified asbestos abatement contractors have been contacted, but said qualified companies who have not been reached can register for such work by contacting vcturner@gov.bm.The cost of the cleanup was estimated to be around $38 million in the House of Assembly in March.Earlier this year Mr Christensen, Brian Duperreault and Nelson Hunt formally acquired the 80-acre property through a land swap agreement.Plans for the site include multiple hotels, condominiums, restaurants and a spa among other amenities. And Mr Duperreault and his wife recently applied for planning permission to redevelop a derelict church on the site, describing it as a “piece of Bermuda’s military and religious history”.Earlier this week Shadow Environment Minister Senator Michael Fahy said “there’s a certain sense of bemusement” surrounding the whole plan for Morgan’s Point, which he described as a “very tangled tale”.He also questioned the $20 million cost cited by the Premier to clean up Bassett’s Cave and said: “The whole thing sounds a bit like the plot of a Three Stooges film.”With a general election looming he questioned whether the work will start next week as scheduled and whether it will be completed on time.“What I will predict, though, is that we are going to hear a flurry of announcements about wonderful projects that are going to put Bermuda back to work and solve all our problems between now and polling day, whenever that is going to be.”On that note he advised the general public to “take them all with a big grain of salt”.