KINGSTON - The terms of reference of the Cabinet-approved multi-disciplinary task force, established to present a holistic plan for the further restoration and renewal of Georgetown, have been expanded to address more areas.
The task force is now expected to tackle drainage, traffic management, and urban rehabilitation of all the towns and urban centres in Guyana.
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, addressing a press conference at the ministry’s Kingston office on June 27 explained that the President and Cabinet, in recognition that flooding is not unique to the City, had tasked him with arriving at a holistic plan to address the issues.
To this end, the minister explained that he is in the process of augmenting the task force’s membership and terms of reference to address other flood prone areas including those the administration will be very soon seeking to develop into towns. These are Bartica, Mabaruma, Mahdia and Lethem.
Meanwhile, as it relates to the restoration and renewal of Georgetown, Minister Patterson explained that the ministry will be giving itself until 2020 to have phase one of this plan completed.
He said that the goal is to preserve the uniqueness of Georgetown, including the Stabroek market which will be addressed under the plan. Like the City, the market’s restoration will be done in phases.
