Linden proposes G$2B revetment programme to cater for climate change effects

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A two-billion-dollar revetment programme is being proposed for the mining town of Linden, Region Ten.

Mayor of Linden,
Carwyn Holland

According to Mayor of Linden, Carwyn Holland, such a programme is needed to address the effects of climate change on the town.
The Linden Mayor noted there was once a time when Linden was considered a safe zone from changing weather patterns, but recent climate change effects have been taking a toll on the town’s infrastructure. The revetment programme is one way by which the council is looking to remedy the situation.
“You have many, many houses that are on the verge of falling. A lot of them as well because of the erosion. Some of them you can see their entire foundation is exposed, as a result of the sand and so on (having been) washed away from their buildings, and these buildings are on the hills…This calls for a massive revetment programme…We need to get that going now.”
Mayor Holland added that the project document is being crafted so that it can be sent to Cabinet for assessment. Once given the go-ahead, the programme, according to Holland, would achieve two objectives. First, to create a safe environment for residents; and second, provide jobs for youths residing in the town.
According to the Department of Public Information, the Mayor explained: “It (would) provide jobs for the hundreds of young people, young men that we have here in Linden who are living in those very valleys and alleys, who are not working. They are unemployed, and through the revetment programme, you can have many persons gainfully employed; and as a result, Government, and Guyana by extension, (would) be protecting and saving lives due to these changing weather patterns.”
Freak storms are becoming more common locally, and several have struck Linden in the last month. One recent storm had swept through the Wismar Housing Scheme and neighbouring communities, leaving several houses without roofs, uprooting utility poles and trees, and in some cases resulting in millions of dollars in losses.

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