{"id":15294,"date":"2024-01-09T14:49:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15294"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:49:35","slug":"government-considers-fixed-bridge-across-berbice-river-for-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-considers-fixed-bridge-across-berbice-river-for-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Considers Fixed Bridge Across Berbice River for Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced that the government is seriously considering the construction of a fixed bridge across the Berbice River to accommodate the anticipated economic expansion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made during the sod-turning ceremony for the New Amsterdam hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali mentioned that discussions are underway with the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated regarding the plan for the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, specific details about the project were not provided at this stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While no definite timeframe was given for the implementation of the project, President Ali assured that the plan would be put in place soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, President Ali revealed that Guyana and Suriname are in the final stages of signing a contract for the construction of a bridge over the Corentyne River to connect both countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the construction of the new Demerara River Bridge is progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed by the end of the current year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move reflects the government&#8217;s commitment to infrastructure development, aiming to facilitate economic growth and enhance connectivity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced that the government is seriously considering the construction of a fixed bridge across the Berbice River to accommodate the anticipated economic expansion. The announcement was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15294","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=15294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15296,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15294\/revisions\/15296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}