But the state says there was a lack of private interest in the project.
Nor should it be used to protect one private interest against another.
However, by the 1960s, nearly all of the area had been sold to private interests.
Private interest likely to be from professional couples working at home.
The state sold the island to private interests more than 200 years ago.
But I would regard that as a matter of public, not private interest.
The report calls for a real balance between public and private interests.
Which policies best serve the public interest rather than private interests?
The station was closed in 1974 and sold to private interests.
"The essence of service is in the private interest," he said.