{"id":17431,"date":"2024-03-28T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T03:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17431"},"modified":"2024-03-28T03:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T03:00:51","slug":"minister-edghill-urges-cooperation-of-utility-companies-for-infrastructure-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-edghill-urges-cooperation-of-utility-companies-for-infrastructure-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Edghill Urges Cooperation of Utility Companies for Infrastructure Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill emphasized the importance of cooperation from utility companies for the successful implementation of infrastructure projects in the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During site visits yesterday, Minister Edghill highlighted the necessity of collaboration with utility companies to ensure the completion of infrastructure works in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He specifically mentioned ongoing projects at Kingston Wharf and several roads, including Conversation Tree and Aubrey Barker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing concern over the lack of cooperation from utility companies, Minister Edghill stated that their reluctance is causing significant delays in major projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the importance of adhering to agreements in good faith to facilitate project progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a decisive move, Minister Edghill revealed his intention to take action against non-compliant utility companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned contacting Digicel and issuing a public notice threatening to remove poles if they fail to relocate wires promptly, with the responsibility falling on Digicel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Minister Edghill addressed the issue of contractors failing to fulfill their contractual duties and obligations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asserted that the ministry will not tolerate delays in projects that impact citizens&#8217; lives, emphasizing the government&#8217;s commitment to delivering goods and services promptly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, Minister Edghill reaffirmed the government&#8217;s dedication to ensuring project efficiency and urged utility companies and contractors to fulfill their responsibilities to prevent further delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill emphasized the importance of cooperation from utility companies for the successful implementation of infrastructure projects in the capital. During site visits yesterday, Minister Edghill highlighted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17431","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\/17431","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=17431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17433,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17431\/revisions\/17433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}