Cummings Lodge Housing Project: Pre-qualified persons to occupy homes in 2 months – Min Croal
The 139 houses under construction by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), are expected to be completed in a few months. The two-bedroom elevated units measure approximately 20×30 square feet.
Several houses that are being constructed in Cummings Lodge
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal said a number of persons have already been pre-qualified for the houses and will be able to move into their homes within two months.
In a recent interview, the Minister explained that 190 houses will be constructed as part of the Cummings Lodge housing development project, of which 139 will be completed this year.
“The houses are at different stages of completion since several contractors are involved in their construction… If you go there now you will see a number of houses close to completion. The timeline of one of those houses is four months…the additional houses will continue to be constructed and so that project is going well,” Croal stated.
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal speaking with the media
The Cummings Lodge Housing Project does not only involve the construction of houses, but major infrastructural works to clear lands and construct roads and drainage to facilitate persons who were allocated lands in that area.
“So, we also allocation exercises that was done and so the further land clearance is ongoing. We have reached to an area because although it is lands that are under CH&PA purview, there are some farmers that we encountered and NAREI is involved.”
In March, 51 contracts were signed to start the construction of 290 homes; 190 elevated, two-bedroom homes at Cummings Lodge, while another 100 flat, two-bedroom homes will be constructed at Prospect, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Land preparation is also complete for the construction of the first 40 houses at Amelia’s Ward, Region 10. Plans are also in train to construct houses at Hampshire and Ordinance/Fortlands, Region Six and at Anna Catherina, Cornelia Ida, Edinburg and Meten-Meer-Zorg, Region Three.
Some 100 core homes are set to be constructed in La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, and Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
