Georgetown: A small fee will be charged for the use of national parks on Monday. The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry in partnership with the Protected Areas/ National Parks Commission will be charging a small fee for the use of national parks for the Easter Holidays.
“Additional trash receptacles and bags will be made available to the public at these locations. Patrons are asked to dispose of their waste in these receptacles. Park volunteers will be present to answer questions and provide garbage bags where available,” the agency concluded.
The fee will be charged for vendors and patrons wishing to take their vehicles (buses, cars, SUVs, motor-cycles) into the Botanical Gardens and the northern side of Joe Vieira Park.
Similarly, fees will be charged at the National Park by the duly authorised franchise holder.
These fees will primarily be used to offset the expenses incurred in cleaning the Gardens and Parks of the usual garbage and debris left in the aftermath of kite flying and picnicking at these venues.
The Ministry in a release said at the Botanical Gardens and Zoo, the Botanical Gardens, Vlissingen Road gates will be open to vehicular traffic from 06:00h until 17:30h. All vehicles will have to exist using the Mandela Avenue Gates. •
The Vlissingen Road Gates will be closed at 17:30h, and all vehicles must exit the Gardens via the Mandela Avenue Gates by 18:30h.
The Mandela Avenue gates will not permit entrance of vehicles into the Gardens.
Vehicles will not be allowed on or in front of the zoo’s access road.
At the National Park, all events on Easter Day will be managed by an authorised franchise holder, while at Joe Vieira Park, West Coast Demerara, the gates will be opened to vehicular traffic from 07:30h.
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