The Public Works Ministry will soon be rolling out a massive infrastructural development programme in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), that will see a number of roads being upgraded in Linden at a cost of more than $600 million.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) reported that Public Works Minister Juan Edghill conducted an inspection of the roads to be done in Industrial Area, Kara Kara, Amelia’s Ward, Silver City and Block 22 on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dwight John and a team of engineers from the Ministry.
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill inspecting a section of the road to be done in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10
Edghill explained that the interventions were as a result of representations made by residents during Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s outreach in Linden last month. “…So, I have gone myself to see the state of the roads and the fact of the matter is the state of the roads in Region 10 is horrible, because it’s clear no proper maintenance and rehabilitation was done over the last period, so things have gotten worse,” he noted.
The Minister said the tendering process for the projects would commence shortly, after which works would commence. Additionally, he said the Ministry was finalising the programme for sub-district two – Kwakwani, Hururu, and Landersville – and sub-district one – Wismar and Mackenzie – as well as the road to Muritaro and Malali, among others.
In the case of the internal roads in Kwakwani, the Minister noted that the minimum that has to be spent on them is $200 million. Those works will be done as part of the Ministry’s 2022 hinterland work programme.
This year, the sum of $76.7 billion was budgeted in the national budget to improve roads and bridges countrywide.
