Int’l runway, hotels could transform Lethem into ‘huge growth pole’ – Jagdeo

Jagdeo said there are also considerations to build a food processing facility there so that food produced in the region and sourced from northern Brazil can be shipped directly to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

And there are new hotels under construction. So altogether, the Vice President believes these developments would help to further transform Lethem.

“…This would be a huge growth pole for the entire region,” Jagdeo posited.

Outside of the developments in Region Nine, the Vice President said the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government has plans for economic ventures in all administrative regions.

In Region One, for example, the development of a port and processing facilities to ship food directly to CARICOM is also being considered. In Region Six, Jagdeo said there should be an expansion of the sugar industry and even possibly, hemp production.