By Enid JoaquinAt a recent media conference in Linden, IMC Chairman Orrin Gordon in his presentation on the State of the Linden Community, said that one year after President Donald Ramotar had promised to have a board established for LEN’s management, nothing has been done.In the meanwhile Linden remains in limbo!Changes and PromisesLinden has been a community of changes over the years- changing names,
Authentic Jerseys From China, changing managements, changing economy and changing landscape.While not all of the changes have been good, there are some changes that people have come to embrace, like the Blue lakes, which were mining pits that filled with water.Dotting the landscape across the mining Town,
Wholesale China Jerseys, these lakes have gained popularity over the years, to the extent that a few persons have touted their development as tourist resorts.One of the famous ‘blue lakesWhile on the other hand, certain stakeholders are demanding that there be land reclamation, and that the bauxite company refill the pits after mining, so that these areas could be later developed for housing, farming etc.Promises are next in line, as these have been so prolific and their execution so few and sometimes nonexistent,
Cheap NFL Jerseys, that Lindeners have become almost cynical, when it comes to promises of anything that would benefit the community.But there are three ‘promises’ that Lindeners? cannot wait to see materialize – the resuscitation of the old Alumina Plant, the opening up of the transshipment facility at Christianburg, and the establishment of the community’s private television station.Transshipment FacilityAlready in the fourth year of the projected five years to complete works on this facility, works are yet to commence on the wharf itself.Works on this Container Wharf facility and Transshipment terminal would commence after a fact finding mission to Boa Vista by LEAP and GNIC officials in 2007, to determine the feasibility of shipping cargo from Brazil through Guyana.The project idea was based on the completion of the Takatu Bridge, and the expected increase in traffic along the Linden/Lethem corridor.LEAP would later plug some $63M for the initial works like land clearing, fencing, construction of a general office and a security block.GNIC was meanwhile expected to invest some US$3.4M to purchase equipment, and for cadastral and topographical surveys for the construction of the wharf itself. Upon completion the facility is expected to employ some fifty persons.Another of the man-made ‘lakes’But apart from the cargo from Brazil that is expected to utilize the facility, there would be some amount of domestic shipping involved.It was projected by major stakeholders within the community that persons in the logging industry would utilize the facility to barge their logs to Georgetown and further afield.This mode of shipping logs was the primary means of transporting them in the earlier days, when logging was the dominant economic venture.However with the opening up of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, this activity was somewhat curtailed, until it became virtually nonexistent.Only a few loggers currently use the waterway to ship their logs, while the majority uses the Highway.But of recent years there have been many calls for the discontinuation of this method of transporting lumber, as many of the accidents on the Linden/Soesdyke highway have been attributable to logging trucks.Only last week,
Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the latest victim of such an accident, Leon ’Junior’ Barrett was interred at the Christianburg cemetery.Ironically, Barrett was one of the most vociferous persons condemning the truck owners for traversing the highway, especially at nights and endangering the lives of commuters. His funeral attracted a mammoth crowd of persons of all walks of life, including leader of the Opposition David Granger.Alumina Plant resuscitationHowever, despite all that happens or fails to happen, in this mining Town, it is the old Alumina Plant resuscitation that most Lindeners cannot wait to see materialize.The Alumina Plant has long been an integral part of Linden’s history, both in its working and dormant state. During the days that it produced Alumina, hundreds were employed there.Today it sits as a majestic landmark and reminder of the days when Linden prospered.But this colossal structure had engendered the removal of several residents living in the Spieghtland/Kara Kara area, most of whom had relocated to areas such as Rainbow city, and other communities in close proximity.It is therefore then natural that residents who currently occupy the area on the Plant’s periphery, to view its resuscitation with some amount of trepidation.For one thing, they are afraid that they too,
