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wildlife: The creation of three artificial holts for otters and a
written otter protection plan; preparation of a badger protec-
tion plan, based on new surveys; new habitat creation for Red
List breeding birds; erection of nest boxes and bat boxes at
Menie House; biodiversity target actions to maintain and
enhance the Palmate Newt, Black-Headed Gulls and wading
birds, Brown Hare, and Wych Elm; and creation of new slacks,
plant and habitat translocation, and seed collection to maintain
young dune slack habitat. And that’s just a partial list. Remem-
ber when I mentioned the two five-inch-thick books? I wasn’t
exaggerating. So if you think things just happen because my
name is Donald Trump, let this be a reminder that it doesn’t
work that way.
When we finally submitted the final outline of the plan-
ning application to the Aberdeenshire Council, it addressed
both the environmental and business issues of the develop-
ment. On the economic side, the construction project would
create approximately 6,230 jobs in Aberdeenshire and 740 jobs
in the rest of Scotland. The ongoing operation would support a
total of 1,250 jobs and 1,440 long-term jobs. Overall, the proj-
ect could create as much as 205 million pounds in economic
value for Aberdeenshire and 262 million pounds for Scotland.
Those are some of the facts and figures we submitted, and as
you can see, our research had to be very detailed. It’s no sur-
prise that support was enthusiastic from the local business
community. For my part, this will be an expensive develop-
ment, costing nearly $1 billion pounds, but it’s really a labor of
love for me.
As I write this a year after the first big environmental issues
surfaced, we are going ahead with our vision with very few
impediments. How did it happen? How did we overcome the
challenges people thought were insurmountable? People were
expecting a duel, and instead, we offered a partnership. We

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