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Providenciales is the densest and most populous island.

Provo, as it is known in short, is famous for its highend resorts and white, sandy beaches. The island has experienced a boom in development, specifically for tourism purposes, within the last two decades. Provo is the hub of the tourism and financial services economy, due to its concentration of existing development and ease of international access.

Environmentally, Providenciales is home to three national parks, three nature reserves, and two areas of historic interest. The island includes numerous beaches: Grace Bay, Sapodilla Beach, Cooper Jack Beach, Taylor Bay, Long Bay Beach, and Bight Beach. Even though there is large volume of development on Providenciales, almost half of the coast is protected as a national park or nature reserve. However, Providenciales has experienced the most environmental degradation among the Turks and Caicos Islands due to the poor management of ongoing development.

Provo is seen as the most ‘urban’ and developed island of the archipelago, which is a definite advantage from a concentration of goods and services point of view.

However, the island is teetering on over-development and reaching over its carrying capacity if human development is to continue at the same pace and style. From a land ownership point of view, the island has less than 30% of land still designated as Crown Land, which includes the protected areas. To maintain a balance between the natural and built environment, it is recommended that Providenciales and the TCI Government keep the national

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The urban grid in Providenciales is organized along a primary east-west highway, comprised of Millennium Highway on the northwest and Leeward Highway on the east side of the island. The main secondary thoroughfares connect the primary highways to the settlements and include South Dock Road, Blue Hills Road, Chalk Sound Drive, Turtle Tail Road, Long Bay Highway, Long Bay Beach Drive, Lower Bight Road, Governor’s Road, and Grace Bay Road. The main source of employment for the island is the tourism industry. The island has the most settlements of the entire archipelago, and these include Grace Bay, The Bight, Five Cays, Juba Salina, Long Bay, Leeward Going Through, Turtle Cove, Turtle Tail, and Blue Hills.

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park and historic areas protected and, following the National Parks Ordinance, prohibit development in these zones.

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Providenciales would benefit from a redevelopment, strategic development, and enhancement plan. It is recommended that Providenciales implements a reorganization of land uses to better accommodate the current and future populations. Settlements should be mixed-use, hubs of development. Existing residential clusters should be completely infilled before permits are granted for more residential developments on unspoilt areas. It is recommended also that a central governmental center be established in Downtown Provo to connect, condense, and offer key services from a specific, accessible location rather than scattered locations throughout the island. Having just one or two key locations for governmental services will save time and money, while also allowing for easier cross-collaboration in between Governmental departments.

Cays, Turtle Cove, and Downtown have great potential as mixed-use settlements for the island. Special attention should be given to each mixed-use settlement to provide economic, environmental, and social infrastructure, including, but not limited to, mixed-use, live work environments, public gathering spaces of both plazas and parks, multiple typologies of residential structures, and civic and/or governmental buildings and services. On the other hand, Long Bay Hills, Leeward Going Through, Turtle Tail/Juba Salina, and the peninsula of Chalk Sound have the necessary urban ingredients to be maintained as quieter, purely residential subdivisions or settlements.

These residential locations should however provide civic infrastructure – such as schools and parks – within the immediate adjacency of all residents. Finally, Grace Bay is the exception; it should be maintained and infilled as a tourist destination. It is also recommended that an infrastructure upgrade, such as a network of sidewalks, street trees, street lighting, and public, green spaces is implemented to make the area seem cohesive to tourists.

Overall, all settlements should maintain beach access, improved storm water drainage, and local services for residents.

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It is also recommended that island-wide infrastructural upgrades include sidewalks, street trees, and street lighting throughout the developed sections of the island.

Providenciales needs and immediate implemented system of storm-water drainage, specifically retention areas that hold excess water during natural storms and disasters.

The local population and tourists will both benefit from an established system of multi-use trails for pedestrians and bicyclists. Millennium and Leeward Highway should add sidewalks and bicycle lanes for non-motorized transportation options. Connected recreational areas, both formal and informal, will perpetuate an active and healthy community and link varying areas of interest for both locals and tourists. Although Provo is heavily developed, there is potential to capitalize on historic, cultural, and recreational tourism; infrastructural upgrades will only benefit the island and country economically.

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Per the official development of short and long term transportation improvement plans, Providenciales should consider the following.

• Millennium Highway is currently operating near its maximum 2-lane capacity. Hence, future widening of this facility to four (4) lanes will likely be required.

• South Dock Road is currently operating near its maximum 2-lane capacity. Hence, future widening of this facility to four (4) lanes will likely be required.

• Leeward Highway is currently operating near its maximum 4-lane capacity. Hence, future widening of this facility to six (6) lanes will likely be required • Airport Road is currently operating near its maximum 2-lane capacity. Hence, future widening of this facility to four (4) lanes will likely be required.”

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Leeward Highway is an arterial roadway linking the Providenciales International Airport on the west with Long Bay, Grace Bay and the Leeward area on the east.

Constructed in 2004 -2006, it is now near 15 years old and starting to show signs of decay. Repairs are ongoing, but as traffic volumes increase, Leeward Highway will likely require full refurbishment in the next 5 to 10 years.

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Currently, Providenciales comprises more than threequarters of the nation’s population. At 3.1 persons per household, the average household size in Provo increased significantly from a decade earlier, largely due to the influx of immigration. If for all of TCI, 56% of occupied housing are renter households and 33% owner-occupied households, Providenciales has the highest share of renter households at 60 percent. Therefore an effort to balance this mix and encourage homeownership is considered to be a key area of focus for development planning, especially for future housing demand.

In recent job creations, Providenciales also had the highest number of jobs compared to other islands. Tourism is the most important economic area, with 94% of the TCI hotel rooms and condo hotel keys located in Provo.

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Downtown bridges the gap between the airport, Blue Hills, and The Bight. Downtown Providenciales is the local haven for TCI islanders; this is where the governmental hub is located. This area is least desirable for development because it is low-lying. Resilience alternatives are very important to the longevity and success for the area as the existing core is seated in a low lying area.

OPPORTUNITIES • Development: create a town center with the elements of a mixed-use core with a greenspace network of which is surrounded by residential opportunities of medium and high densities; opportunity to create a hub of governmental entities • Housing: this is the ‘densest’ housing in all of TCI – medium to high densities; existing low densities to remain and be built into the new fabric.

• Infrastructure: connect to Providenciales greenway network; establish a hierarchical road network; maintain utilities that can support local population; new alternatives to pump for flooding • Preservation: identify spaces to be preserved for open space and community use; buffer area with open space

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GRACE BAY SUSTAIN | INFILL | PUBLIC SPACE

OPPORTUNITIES • Infrastructure: ‘finish out’ utilities, comprehensive storm drainage system • Housing: apartments and long-term accommodation currently commercial entity > > community • Development: infill or adaptive reuse • A Public Access Plan is needed for beach access, parking, create public spaces for community use, connect to other settlements of Providenciales through a greenway system of multi-use, nonmotorized pathways (bike paths, walkways/ sidewalks) • Preservation: maintain public beach access points and dedicate (two) parcels to open space for the community

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Turtle Cove is a development settled around a marina and high end residential along the center of the north shore of the island. With its qualities to be somewhat clustered, Turtle Cove has huge potential to be developed as a marina village. This should be encouraged and possibly initiated with a street lighting and renewed pedestrian scheme, that would also include storm water management and also bring utilities underground

OPPORTUNITIES • Infrastructure: ‘finish out utilities; comprehensive storm drainage system • Housing: build up to medium density (condominiums, apartments; limit story maximum); depict certain areas to maintain high end residential • Development: ‘neighborhood center’ node = mixed use development; ferry stop?

• A Public Access Plan is needed for beach access, parking, create public spaces for community use, connect to other settlements of Providenciales through a greenway system of multi-use, nonmotorized pathways (bike paths, walkways/ sidewalks); create a public promenade that connects marina with adjacent parcels • Incorporate ‘placemaking’ and wayfinding techniques

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Park Open Space

Commercial Local

Park Reserve

Mixed Use

Park Local

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Farming & Food Production Industrial CO N C E P T: R E V I TA L IZ E | I N F I L L | P U B L I C A M E N I Agriculture TIES • B u i l d u p o n + rev i ve t h e m i xe d u s e e p i ce n te r Commercial of P rovo.

Tourism / Hospitality Airport • E n h a n ce ex i s t i n g p u b l i c re a l m ex p e r i e n ce s u r ro u n d i n g m a r i n a a n d p rov i d e p e d e s t r ia n a cce s s Commercial Local Infrastructure Utilities • I n f r aPark s t r uOpen c t uSpace re: ‘ f i n i s h o u t u t i l i t i e s; co m p re h e n s i ve s to r m d r a i n a g e s y s te m Residential Reserve • H o u sPark i n g: b u i l d u p to m e d i u m d e n s i t y ; ce r t a i nMixed a reUse a s to m a i n t a i n h i g h e n d re s i d e n t ia l Medium Density • A P uPark b l i cLocal A cce s s P l a n i s n e e d e d fo r b e a c h a cce s s , p a r/ kCivic i n g , c re a te p u b l i c s p a ce s fo r Low co m m u nAi t y Infrastructure Residential Density u s e, co n n e c t to o t h e r s et t l e m e n t s of P rov i d e n c ia l e s t h ro u g h a g re e n w ay s y s te m of m u l t i - u s e, Industrial Residential Low Density B Agriculture Farming & Food Production n o n - m o to r ize d p a t h w ay s ( b i ke p a t h s , w a l k w ay s /s i d ew a l k s) ; c re a te a p u b l i c p ro m e n a d e t h a t Airport Residential Low Density C / Hospitality co n nCommercial e c t s m aTourism rina w i t h a d ja ce n t p a rce l s • I n co rCommercial p o r a te Local ‘p l a ce m a k i n g’ a n d w ay f i n d i n g te Infrastructure c h n i q u e sUtilities Residential Medium Density

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Residential Low Density A

Industrial

Residential Low Density B

Airport

Residential Low Density C

Infrastructure Utilities Residential Medium Density Residential Low Density A Residential Low Density B Residential Low Density C

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BLUE HILLS STRATEGIC BEACH DEVELOPMENT | PRESERVE FOR PUBLIC | GROWTH MANAGEMENT BOUNDARY

rental); multi-family options Public Access Plan is needed for beach access, parking, create public spaces for community use, connect to other settlements of Providenciales through a greenway system of multi-use, nonmotorized pathways (bike paths, walkways/ sidewalks) Preservation: maintain public beach access points and dedicate parcels to open space for the community – throughout the community Infrastructure: storm water drainage; ‘finish out’ utilities ԰ Millennium Highway should include an adjacent multi-use path ԰ Blue Hills Road: comparable to Grace Bay needs

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The oldest settlement in Providenciales, Blue Hills reaches from Blue Hills roundabout to Wheeland and from Millennium Highway to the eastern shoreline; Blue Hills comprises a string of shoreline parcels.

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OPPORTUNITIES • Development: cluster key hospitality (branded hotels) along beach front; housing; perpetuate mixed use development along southern side of Blue Hills Road; promenade on beach side of Blue Hills Road – MAINTAIN AS PUBLIC (Venice Boardwalk); ferry stop • Housing: affordable housing AND/OR estate lots (maintained by TCI as economic resource, long-term

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Park Open Space

Commercial Local

CO N C E P T: S T R AT E G I C B E AC H D E V E LO P M E N T | P R E S E R V E F O R P U B L I C | G R OW T H M G M T. Park Reserve Mixed Use B O U N DA RY Infrastructure • D eve l o p m e n t : c l u s te r s m a l l - s c a l e, b o u t i q u e hPark o s pLocal i t a l i t y o p t i o n s ( b r a n d e d h o te l s i n c l u /dCivic ed) along Agriculture Farming b e a c h f ro n t ; h o u s i n g; p e r p et u a te m i xe d u s e d eve lopm e n t &a Food l o n gProduction s o u t h e r n s i d eIndustrial of B l u e H i l l s Ro a d; p ro m e n a d e o n b e a c h s i d e of B l u e H i l l s Commercial Ro a d –Tourism M a i n/ tHospitality a i n a s p u b l i c a m eAirport n t i t y.

• H o u s i n g: a f fo rd a b l e h o u s i n g A N D/O R e s t a te l o t s (m a i n t a i n e d by TC I G a s e co n o m i c re s o u rce, Commercial Local Infrastructure Utilities l o n g - tePark r mOpen re nSpace tal); multi-family options Reserves s P l a n n e e d e d fo r b e a c h a cce sMixed • A P u b l Park i c Acce s , pUse a r k i n g , c re a te p u b l i c s p a ceResidential s fo r coMedium m m uDensity nit y u s e, coPark n nLocal e c t to o t h e r s et t l e m e n t s of P rov i d e nInfrastructure c i a l e s t h/ Civic ro u g h a g re e n w a y s y s Residential te m of Low m uDensity l t i - u sAe, n o n - m o to r ize d p a t h w ay s ( b i ke p a t h s , w a l k w a yIndustrial s /s i d ew a l k s) Residential Low Density B Agriculture Farming & Food Production • P re s e r v a t i o n: m a i n t a i n p u b l i c b e a c h a cce s s p o i n t s a n d d e d i c a te p a rce l s to o p e n s p a ce fo r t h e Airport Residential Low Density C co m m uCommercial n i t y – tTourism h ro u g/ Hospitality h o u t t h e co m m u n i t y Infrastructure Utilities • I n f r a s t Commercial r u c t u re:Local s to r m w a te r d r a i n a g e; f i l l i n u t i l i t i e s Residential Medium Density

Infrastructure / Civic

Residential Low Density A

Industrial

Residential Low Density B

Airport

Residential Low Density C

Infrastructure Utilities Residential Medium Density Residential Low Density A Residential Low Density B Residential Low Density C

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Mixed Use

P R E S E R V E L A N D U N T I L N E E D E D ( LO N G T E R M ) TO I N C LU D E O P E N S PAC E + CO N N E C T I V I T Y TO G R E E N WAY

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G R E E N WAY CO N N E C T I O N TO O P E N S PAC E A N D SET TLEMENTS

ADD POINTS OF INTEREST A LO N G B OA R DWA L K WAT E R F R O N T R E S TAU R A N T S , WAT E R S P O R T R E N TA L S , P L AYG R O U N D, B E AC H ACC E S S , A N D E X E R C I S E S TAT I O N S .

G R E E N WAYS TO B E AC H - M A I N TA I N ACC E S S

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FIVE CAYS, SAPODILLA, & TAYLOR BAY CHALK SOUND ACCESSIBILITY | LAND USE SEPARATION | RESILIENCY

OPPORTUNITIES • Development: build up commercial corridor with local businesses and those relating to South Dock (industrial/office) • Housing: promote multi-family, medium density housing rather than single family homes • Preservation: maintain open space; establish an adjacent greenway corridor parallel to Five Cays Road • Connection and implementation of accessible greenways to promote an active lifestyle • Protection and rehabilitation of ecologically sensitive areas, land prone to flooding, and land within the national park

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Five Cays stretches from the airport to South Dock on Providenciales. The settlement radiates from Five Cays Road, which runs North/South. Five Cays Road will become the epicenter for commercial development, with residential uses tucked behind the commercial corridor.

Sapodilla and Taylor Bay have an opportunity to be further enlivened by allowing for small F+B opportunities along the waterside.

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The area is a mix of the original cluster development and a more recent development that includes shacks and shanty development some of which is in very low-lying areas. It is recommended that these shanty areas be stopped or controlled. Storm drainage, sidewalks and street lighting should be the first priority for implementation.

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Park Open Space

Commercial Local

Park Reserve

Mixed Use

Park Local

Infrastructure / Civic

Agriculture Farming & Food Production Industrial CO N C E P T: • D eve l o p m e n t : b u i l d u p co m m e rc ia l co r r i d o r wCommercial i t h l o c aTourism l b u s/i Hospitality n e s s e s a n d t h o s e re l a t i n g to S o u t h Airport D o c k ( i n d u s t r i a l /o f f i ce) Commercial Local Infrastructure Utilities Open Space • H o u sPark i n g: p ro m o te m u l t i - f a m i l y, m e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g r a t h e r t h a n s i n g l e f a m ily homes Medium Density Reserve • S e p aPark r a te t h e i n d u s t r ia l t r a f f i c f ro m t h a t o f re Mixed s i d e Use n t i a l / h o s p i t a l / a n d o p e n s p aResidential ce • P u b l Park i c Acce s s P l a n i s n e e d e d fo r b e a c h / p a r k a cce s s , p a r k i n g , c re a te p u b l i c s p a ce s fo rDensity A Infrastructure / Civic Residential Low Local co m m u n i t y u s e, v ia a g re e n w a y s y s te m o f m u l t i - u s e, n o n - m o to r ize d p a t h w a y s ( b i ke p a t h s , Industrial Residential Low Density B Agriculture Farming & Food Production w a l k w a y s /s i d ew a l k s) . E x p a n d o n g re e n w a y n e t w o r k t h ro u g h l a n d p ro n e to f l o o d i n g .

Airport LowmDensity • C re aCommercial te p u b l iTourism c b e a/ cHospitality h a cce s s p o i n t s a n d a l l o w fo r p u b l i c a cce s s a l o n g C h a l k S Residential o u n d , f ro s m aCl l F & B Commercial o p p o r t uLocal n i t i e s to n o n m o to r ize d w a te rc r aInfrastructure f t re n t a l sUtilities .

Medium E N H A N C E P R O M E N A D E E X PResidential ERIENC E BYDensity I N G U I TOS H U BA Low Density Infrastructure / Civic C R E AT I N G A N E W F & B /C H I RResidential Mixed Use

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OPPORTUNIT Y FOR N O N M OTO R IZ E D S P O R T S ACC E S S / L AU N C H , LO O KO U TS

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M A I N TA I N U P P E R R OA D F O R RESIDENTIAL / CO M M E R C I A L / H OS P I TA L I T Y B E AC H ACC E S S TO TAY LO R B AY

REROUTE / S E PA R AT E R O U T E FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC I N F I L L VAC A N T LOT S A N D D E V E LO P F & B / C H I R I N G U I TOS EXPERIENCE INDUSTRIAL USE AREAS EXISTING PORT S A P O D I L L A H I L LP R OT E C T L A N D M A R K

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