Task Force established to oversee Linden riverfront development

A committee has been established in Linden to develop its riverfront but, more so, Terms of Reference (ToRs) have been derived along the lines of creating a Task Force to oversee such initiative.

Consultant Samuel Wright

According to Samuel Wright, a consultant, efforts over the years to sensitise residents about the value and uses of the Linden riverfront and its significance to the community were validated by President David Granger’s recent exultations on waterfronts.
At the Linden Riverfront Festival’s annual Riverfront Development Forum, which was held on June 29, a decision was taken to convene a Linden Riverfront Development Task Force to elaborate the lines of action needed to drive the development of the Linden Riverfront and a Draft Terms of Reference for the Task Force was created.
The Task Force will comprise representatives of the Linden Riverfront Festival Committee; the Region 10 Tourism Development Association; Linden Chamber of Commerce; Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC); the Regional Democratic Council and members of civil society. Wright said the Task Force was being convened for the purpose of pursuing all the steps needed to develop and implement an Action Plan for the development of the Linden riverfront.

A section of the Linden waterfront

He said members of the Task Force have agreed to formally launch the entity and agreed on an agenda of actions for the next three months, as well as to identify sources of funding to enable the recruitment of a professional consultancy service to design a riverfront development plan.
This, he said, is expected to be done within an agreed time-frame and with the appropriate phasing. The Task Force will also identify sources of funding for the discharge of any function or responsibility arising from riverfront development planning, engage the LM&TC with a view to identifying areas of the riverfront which, in the short term, could be enhanced through Town Council disbursements.
Wright added that the Task Force would also agree upon the most appropriate mechanism for communicating decisions taken, engaging other stakeholders and procuring relevant services to advance the development of the riverfront.