Airport officials fail to meet Timehri North residents

Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) officials failed to meet the residents of Timehri North yesterday to address the effects of the expansion of the runway.

This is according to Chairman of the Community Development Council (CDC) Daniel Fraser, who during a brief telephone interview, said CEO of CJIA Ramesh Ghir was expected to call him for confirmation of the meeting but had not done so. As a result, he and other residents had not turned up at the airport for the meeting.

Also, Fraser said, he and people he represents have taken a decision to only meet Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn. “They didn’t finalise the meeting so we didn’t have a meeting today [yesterday] but we are hoping to meet with the minister. Based on the mandate,