{"id":13730,"date":"2023-11-09T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13730"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:44:47","slug":"over-4-1-billion-allocated-for-100-road-contracts-on-east-bank-demerara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-4-1-billion-allocated-for-100-road-contracts-on-east-bank-demerara\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $4.1 Billion Allocated for 100 Road Contracts on East Bank Demerara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a significant development for the region, over 100 road contracts valued at approximately $4.1 billion were officially signed for the East Bank of Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaborative initiative involved the Ministries of Public Works, Local Government, and Regional Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impacted villages set to experience the benefits of improved roads include Eccles, Diamond, Grove, Covent Garden, and Friendship, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister within the Public Works Ministry, Deodat Indar, stressed the paramount importance of constructing high-quality roads during the contract signing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the contractors to prioritize the longevity of the roads, surpassing their anticipated lifespan, for the collective benefit of the listed communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy called upon residents to actively monitor these projects, emphasizing that they represent a substantial government investment aimed at enhancing the quality of life for citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister McCoy further encouraged contractors to hire individuals from the respective villages, fostering local community development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, the government has redoubled its efforts to enhance the nation&#8217;s public infrastructure by initiating the construction and rehabilitation of several vital road networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comprehensive endeavor directly benefits individuals and the broader business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reported by Saskia Warrick for NCN News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant development for the region, over 100 road contracts valued at approximately $4.1 billion were officially signed for the East Bank of Demerara. This collaborative initiative involved the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13730","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=13730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13732,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13730\/revisions\/13732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}