{"id":16630,"date":"2024-02-20T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16630"},"modified":"2024-02-20T21:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:53:54","slug":"residents-empowered-to-monitor-community-road-projects-says-minister-edghill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/residents-empowered-to-monitor-community-road-projects-says-minister-edghill\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents Empowered to Monitor Community Road Projects, Says Minister Edghill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, recently engaged residents on the West Coast of Demerara, discussing infrastructural development and the benefits of the GY$1.146 trillion budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to aggressive infrastructural development aimed at improving accessibility and enhancing citizens&#8217; livelihoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the allocation of GY$70 billion for community road construction and informed residents about the 72 active road projects already underway, with nearly 200 roads already built in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encouraging community involvement, Minister Edghill urged residents to establish better relationships with engineers involved in the projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SASKIA-WCD-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of residents monitoring the progress of these projects to ensure the quality of work being undertaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Minister Edghill underscored the significant impact of the trillion-dollar budget in accelerating growth across all sectors, with benefits for all Guyanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SASKIA-WCD-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023 alone, a total of 2,852 infrastructural projects were completed, including the construction of 349 kilometers of miscellaneous and urban roads, along with 411 kilometers of laterite roads in hinterland regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagement with residents on the West Coast of Demerara reflects the government&#8217;s commitment to transparency, community involvement, and infrastructural development as integral components of national progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, recently engaged residents on the West Coast of Demerara, discussing infrastructural development and the benefits of the GY$1.146 trillion budget. Minister&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16630","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=16630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16634,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16630\/revisions\/16634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}