While stating that they welcome development and fully support the planned gas-to-shore project, residents of the lower end of the West Bank of Demerara were on Friday mainly concerned about if jobs would be available and if some of them would be displaced by the planned pipeline but they got no satisfactory answers.
On Friday, ExxonMobil and its consultant Environmental Resources Management (ERM) held the final public disclosure meeting to discuss the impact study of the gas to shore project at the Patentia Primary School. The meeting was attended by over 50 residents from the communities of Wales, Patentia, Vive-la-Force, Maria’s Lodge and other areas on the lower end of the West Demerara.