“Real change coming to your doorstep” – Pres Ali tells Linden-Highway communities

…says new hospital, 24-hour electricity, new lands for loggers, residents
President Irfaan Ali has announced the construction of a new hospital along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway to improve access to healthcare services for the thousands of citizens who reside along the corridor.
He made the announcement on Thursday evening during a public meeting hosted by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at Kuru Kururu.
Addressing some of the key issues affecting the community, President Ali pointed out that the regularisation of land, land titling, and housing development are three key issues. He said in order to build value on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, the Government must remove the ad hoc type of development that is taking place.

“We have to have more structured development where you can have proper roads, treated water, street lights, schools, and health centres, and you can have all the amenities of a modern urban planning area. That is what we want to invest in,” he told Kuru Kururu residents.
He also said that every home will have 24-hour electricity.
He told residents that in the next five years, in every single community on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, “we will be building housing schemes with proper infrastructure so that you can have not only a home but also a home in which you can realise the value for that home, in which that asset can give you access to liquidity so that you can take your lease or your land title to the bank and you can get a loan for $20, $30, or $40 million, and you can invest that in a business so that you build prosperity in your home, in your community.”
Additionally, he said the tourism sector along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway will see massive investment over the next five years.
President Ali also announced that there will be a new hospital constructed, through which thousands of jobs will be created for persons living along the highway.
“Already, we have major project proposals for resorts and hotels to be built on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway,” he revealed.
He noted that soon a new hotel will be opened at Timehri, and some 1500 jobs will become available.
“…we have already finalised a contract to be signed very soon for the building of the second terminal at the Timehri International Airport. That is a second terminal that will create more jobs. Where are the people going to come from? Right here on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Silica City, which is already recognised as a world-class model, will create thousands of jobs for people living on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.”
Ali noted that already, there is an investor who will be building a hospital at Silica City. It will provide services for tourism, health tourism, and medical tourism.
The President also announced the opening up of lands for loggers.
“We will be building the Sandhill to Timehri Road link that is going to open up hundreds of thousands of acres of new land for those in forestry, those in sand mining, those in agriculture, and for residential and housing development. These are investments that we are going to make as a Government to ensure that every single Guyanese not only owns a plot of land but also that every single Guyanese can maximise the benefit of that land. Whether you are a farmer, whether you are in forestry, or whether it is for your home construction, we want to maximise the benefit of that land,” President Ali assured.
According to President Ali, the PPP has a development plan that is going to bring prosperity. “A development plan that is going to improve your life and your living conditions,” he told the gathering.