Plans underway for recreational facilities at Herstelling, Covent Garden, Onderneeming

Some of the residents at one of the meetings (CHPA photo)

On Saturday, Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Water,  Susan Rodrigues  and her staff  unveiled plans for the construction of multi-purpose recreational facilities in two East Bank Demerara communities and one on the West Bank Demerara..

Under the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme, Her-stelling Plot C will benefit from a $94m facility, while Covent Garden will similarly benefit from a $101m facility.

A release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said that the consultations were geared at discussing with residents the draft design for the recreational facilities to be constructed in both communities.