{"id":12990,"date":"2023-10-02T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=12990"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:42:27","slug":"government-vigilant-on-linden-mabura-road-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-vigilant-on-linden-mabura-road-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Vigilant on Linden-Mabura Road Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Concerns have emerged over potential delays in the Linden to Mabura road project, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contractor had committed to completing the first 10 kilometers by the end of September, which may now be in jeopardy due to the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill revealed that preparations to apply asphalt on the initial section were underway. However, meeting the original target might be challenging given the time constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first phase of the project involves upgrading the existing alignment to Asphaltic Concrete Surface with two lanes, spanning approximately 122 kilometers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also encompasses the incorporation of five drainage structures. Constructora Queiroz S.A. was awarded the project after being selected as the most responsive bidder by the Caribbean Development Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding for the road comes from the Government of Guyana, the Caribbean Development Bank, and the United Kingdom, totaling US$190 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill emphasized the contractor&#8217;s obligation to fulfill the terms of the contract, emphasizing that any delays must be compensated for with increased work efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development of this all-weather road is anticipated to enhance trade and commerce while unlocking extensive opportunities in connecting Guyana with Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a vital component of the government&#8217;s comprehensive transport infrastructure integrated development plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns have emerged over potential delays in the Linden to Mabura road project, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill. The contractor had committed to completing the first 10&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12992,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12990\/revisions\/12992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}