With the 30-day period for objecting to the EPA’s decision not to require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge having ended on Wednesday, geologist Simone Mangal-Joly has submitted that the agency lacks adequate information to arrive at such a conclusion.
In a letter dated December 20 to head of the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) Omkar Lochan, Mangal-Joly objected to the waiving of the EIA on two major grounds.
She contended that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) conclusion that the environmental impacts would not be significant is irrational since the design for the bridge is non-existent.