Under the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), rehabilitation and construction of roads at Phase Two, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) are set to commence.
On Thursday, engineers attached to the project, which is valued at approximately .4 million, conducted a site visit to pinpoint areas which will benefit. Among the team members were Anthony Ragnauth, Civil Engineer and Project Engineer, Junior Whittington of the CH&PA, Inspector of Works on the ground, Surveyor Xavier Alley and a contractor representative.
Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland
The project, which was awarded to S Jagmohan and Son Hardware and General Supplies, will entail upgrades to approximately 6.7 kilometres of existing roads in the area to an asphalt concrete surface and the construction of approximately 5.7 kilometres of new roads to be completed with a laterite surface.
The upgrades to the roads will also include the construction of curb walls and ‘soakways’ to deal with the issue of drainage in the area. The entire project, which will see all roads in the area benefiting, will last five months. Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland, who was on site to uplift the Procurement of Works document, noted how pleased the municipal administration was concerning the commencement of the project.
“I’m very much pleased that before Christmas, the people in Amelia’s Ward will be seeing some development— better infrastructure, better roadways. I’m happy that the Central Housing and Planning Authority would have seen it fit to push this work at this time. It’s very timely and I’m also proud that the engineers would have seen it fit to ensure they come on the ground and have the respect for the municipality and the Region, to get everyone involved, so that we all are a part of the development that will be taking place in Linden”, the Mayor said.
He added that the administration is also looking forward to the contractor commencing work immediately since he would like to see improvements before the Christmas season.
“Also, we would be looking for quality work. We also have someone from the Council who will be coming to check to ensure that we’re getting quality work. We’re happy for this and we’re thankful to the Ministers of Government…and we’re very happy that this project has kick-started,” Holland said. (Utamu Belle)
