The Parika Stelling will be upgraded by government to accommodate the necessary changes needed for the docking of the regional ferry and to enable it to be a transportation and logistical hub in the future.
“With the type of development in Essequibo, it becomes a very important major transport and logistics hub. I think the time has come for us to have a more holistic planning of Parika and what the stelling and that whole waterfront would entail, especially when you are talking about agro-processing, cold storage, farmers market, wholesale market… and the opening up to the islands [for tourism],” President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.
The President said that government will await the findings of the gap analysis to complete it but is fully committed to not only the regional ferry project, but ensuring local farmers have a proper area to export their produce.