-mangroves expected to be removed
-public has 30 days to lodge appeal again
The EPA yesterday launched a fresh process for the approval of a new bridge over the Demerara River and stuck to its controversial opinion that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is not required even though protected mangroves will have to be removed.
Thirty days have now been set aside for the public to appeal the decision.
An earlier process for the approval of the new bridge was aborted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the appeals stage after it came in for severe flak from environmentalists and civil society activists for not providing reasons why an EIA was not required.
