{"id":17609,"date":"2024-04-02T17:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17609"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:30:20","slug":"expansion-of-aubrey-barker-road-to-continue-despite-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/expansion-of-aubrey-barker-road-to-continue-despite-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of Aubrey Barker Road to Continue Despite Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has announced that tenders are being advertised for the extension of another 1.3 kilometers of the Aubrey Barker Road, currently undergoing widening to a four-lane thoroughfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite delays in the ongoing Aubrey Barker four-lane expansion project, Minister Edghill revealed the government&#8217;s plan to further extend the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made this announcement during a recent inspection of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the inspection, it was discovered that the progress of the works was impeded by the presence of a Digicel pole directly in line with the construction area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill expressed concerns about such obstacles affecting the project&#8217;s timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill highlighted that in January, the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with all utility providers, outlining operational procedures to prevent any entity from hindering the progress of others&#8217; work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These utility providers include Guyana Water Inc (GWI), Guyana Telephone &amp; Telegraph Co Ltd (GTT), Digicel, Guyana Power and Light (GPL), and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges, the government remains committed to the expansion project, aiming to enhance transportation infrastructure and alleviate traffic congestion in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has announced that tenders are being advertised for the extension of another 1.3 kilometers of the Aubrey Barker Road, currently undergoing widening to a four-lane&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17609","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\/17609","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=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17611,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions\/17611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}