Linden Housing development, infrastructural plans progressing – Croal

Infrastructural works are progressing in the Amelia’s Ward Phase 4 Housing Scheme, which will soon be ready for some 400 Linden families to take up residence.
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal on Thursday visited the location to examine the pace of the work.
A release from the Housing Ministry has said that, to date, a massive portion of the land has been cleared, and preparatory work is ongoing for the construction of access roads.
Following the first phase infrastructural works, the other amenities, including drainage, water and electrical networks, are expected to be installed.
In July last year, the Ministry, through its ‘Dream Realised’ house lots’ allocation exercise, distributed 400 house lots in the Amelia’s Ward Phase Four Scheme. Some $364 million has been allocated for the infrastructural works in that area. While there were some delays in the land-clearing process as a result of squatting, during the Minister’s visit, he noted his satisfaction with the work done so far.
To date, all the illegal structures that were impeding the development process have been removed. However, the Ministry is pleading with residents to desist from carrying out construction of any kind in the area, as there have been reports of squatting taking place in some sections of the scheme.
Also, while in Linden, the Minister visited Millie’s Hideout, the newest area identified for housing development. Land-clearing is also ongoing in that area, which spans approximately 250 acres. That area has been identified for the construction of the first batch of three-bedroom housing units, another housing option for the Region. Mobilisation for the construction would commence shortly.
To date, a large portion of the area has been cleared and levelled to facilitate the installation of road network. This projects forms part of President Dr Irfaan Ali’s commitment to see the construction of 1000 housing units in Linden, to address the housing needs of Region Ten. The commitment was made back in January 2021, during the first outreach the President and his Cabinet made to the mining town.
Already, some 40 elevated two-bedroom units are at various stages of construction, and most have been completed and allocated in the Amelia’s Ward Phase Two Scheme.