Durey Lane enhancement completion set for mid-March

Works have commenced on the Durey Lane Enhancement Project, and its completion is set for mid-March 2024.
Once deemed a dumping haven, Durey Lane located in Campbellville, Georgetown is set for transformation into a family-oriented avenue, as part of efforts to clean up the capital city of Georgetown.
The small street that runs from east to west in Campbellville, begins at Middleton Street and crosses over Sheriff Street where it runs right into the Campbellville Fire Station at Stone Avenue, where it ends.

When completed, the area will comprise a walkway surrounded by palm trees, benches, a white picket fence, and an asphaltic concrete road for patrons to traverse to and from the community.
The aim is for the area to be transformed into a recreational site for members of the community, students of the Campbellville Secondary School and a church housed opposite the site.
The design for the Durey Lane Enhancement project was conceptualised by Director of Solid Waste Management at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, Walter Narine and is being funded by the Public Works Ministry, the Office of the First Lady and the National Enhancement Committee.
During a telephone interview with Guyana Times, Narine disclosed that the project was about seven per cent complete. However, he is positive that the entire project will be completed by mid-March.

So far, all the garbage at the site have been removed, a walkway was constructed on the reserve that runs from Sheriff Street to Stone Avenue, and the canal was desilted, among other activities.
“We need to resurface the road because we still want to maintain that bypass from Sheriff Street to Stone Avenue and lastly, we need to plant some trees around… We are presently manufacturing the benches that will be installed later on, the picket fence will be laid down in another two weeks,” the Solid Waste Director disclosed.

Narine said the Georgetown Mayor and City Council is committed to maintaining Durey Lane when it is complete.
Further, he disclosed that City Council is looking to collaborate with various Private Sector bodies to enhance other areas in Georgetown being flooded with garbage, due to their deplorable state.
The goal is to replicate the same enhancement at various areas such as the National Museum.
“We have a lot of dump sites, one by the National Museum. It’s very sad that an area such as that, a landmark area, people are dumping garbage in front the gate. You have Stefan Street, opposite the gas station here on High Street; there are many sites,” Narine explained. (G2)