{"id":11792,"date":"2023-07-12T02:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T02:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2023-07-12T02:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T02:30:39","slug":"pac-focusing-on-enhancing-green-spaces-for-recreational-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pac-focusing-on-enhancing-green-spaces-for-recreational-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"PAC Focusing on Enhancing Green Spaces for Recreational Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) is actively working on the development and improvement of several green spaces, including the National Park in Georgetown and Joe Vieira Park on the West Bank of Demerara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Fraser, the Commissioner of the Protected Areas Commission, has stated that significant plans are in place to enhance the National Park and make it more suitable for safe recreational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective, he explained, is to upgrade the park, enabling people to engage in exercise, play, and socializing within a secure environment. The PAC&#8217;s focus is on creating better green spaces that facilitate recreational purposes while ensuring the well-being and enjoyment of individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jason-Fraser-the-Commissioner-of-the-Protected-Areas-Commission-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jason Fraser, the Commissioner of the Protected Areas Commission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are quite a bit of upgrades happening there as well, soon you will see outdoor gyms, one beyond the arch and one by the kid\u2019s play area, these are hydraulic gyms that you can just go and exercise, we\u2019re also having a designated area for Dog Lovers, persons that want to walk their dogs and things like that will have an opportunity to do so in a safe space without having to compromise the safety of other park users,\u201d the Commissioner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Joe Viera Park on the West Demerara is scheduled to undergo a major transformation. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe investment in that project is US$11M and it\u2019s scheduled to be completed by next month we should have that sod turning and from there it should take about 18 months to complete but that\u2019s a major transformation,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the year, at the commissioning of a green space in New Amsterdam, President Dr. Irfaan Ali spoke about the importance of these facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) is actively working on the development and improvement of several green spaces, including the National Park in Georgetown and Joe Vieira Park on the West&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11795,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11792\/revisions\/11795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}