The deterioration of highly visible property and landmarks in St. George?s has brought a call for Government to remedy the situation and remove the blots on the landscape that visitors see as they arrive in the World Heritage Status town.

A water catchment area close to Tobacco Bay is no longer pristine white but closer to the colour black, according to Opposition Sen. Kim Swan.

The unsightly catchment can be seen by cruise ships passengers approaching St. George?s.

Elsewhere, Arcadia House, perched on one of the highest points overlooking the town from Slippery Hill, remains covered in tarpaulins to hide the damage caused during 2003?s Hurricane Fabian.

Again it is an eyesore that is more than obvious to visitors coming to the town from a number of directions, said Sen. Swan.

He has called on Government to take action to improve the sites which it has under its control. And he added to the list the damaged dock and boardwalk next to Fort St. Catherine Beach.

Speaking in the Senate last week, Sen. Swan said: ?We know how important the aesthetics of any area of Bermuda are to the marketability of that particular area.

?In St. George?s we have been calling for the dock right next to Fort St. Catherine Beach to be repaired years ago. It still remains an eyesore,? Sen. Swan continued. ?It is an area where many people stop to take photographs.

?It?s an area where people would like to take a walk or a stroll.

?It?s an area that is dangerous because on a moonlight night I?m sure there are many tourists as well as locals who would like to walk on that boardwalk.?

He added: ?On Naval Tanks Hill, which is visible from the shipping lanes and cruise ships that come around towards St. Catherine?s and look out towards the golf course, you should be in view of a lovely water catchment that would be the topic of conversation to a visitor on a cruise ship or a fast ferry asking ?what?s that there??

?Someone should be able to give a description of what it means to have a white-washed roof and a water catchment, instead you have a black water catchment today,? Sen. Swan said.

?It is the subject of concern to many who have to then wonder if the water there is in distribution. Certainly it?s a highly visible location in a World Heritage town.?

He added: ?At the top of Slippery Hill, also visible when you come in on a cruise ship, one of the highest points in St. George?s, is Arcadia which was destroyed during Hurricane Fabian and remains in the same state.

?Those properties come under the purview of Government. We need to get it right, notwithstanding the importance of Arcadia to the housing stock.?

Sen. Swan also asked where the plans were for the future of the Club Med hotel site.

He said: ?The Government brought in a new group who are operating with their phantom lead person who chooses not to come before the Bermuda public even when Government offered the person the opportunity to develop in St. George?s.

?Where is the plan? What are the intentions for that facility, what are the intentions for the surrounding properties??