While details are still to be provided on the project, the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCC&DA) is buoyed by the announcement of a major airport for the county as it will boost travel from North America and dovetail with other planned infrastructural projects.
When President Irfaan Ali made the announcement last week, the Berbice Chamber said it was “very excited about the other economic plans discussed for the region at the Palmyra site, namely, a stadium, shopping mall, an international hotel, hospital and the upgrading of the Canje airstrip to a regional airport like Eugene F. Correia International Air-port” at Ogle on the East Coast of Demerara.