{"id":19205,"date":"2024-04-29T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19205"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:40:28","slug":"thousands-await-access-to-golden-grove-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/thousands-await-access-to-golden-grove-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Await Access to Golden Grove Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Nakasia Logan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an eagerly anticipated development, thousands of individuals allocated lands at Blocks 13 and 18 in Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), are poised to access their properties by June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, provided this assurance during a recent visit to the area, where he met with the project&#8217;s contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Block 13, encompassing seven lots, holds a total of 1,883 lots, while Block 18 spans 2,208 acres and has allotted land to approximately 1,700 individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Croal underscored the government&#8217;s commitment to facilitating beneficiaries in identifying their lots, enabling them to commence construction of their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Croal outlined the timeline, indicating that the first set of persons allocated in Block 18 will start receiving notifications by mid-May, with all individuals in both Block 18 and 13 expected to receive notifications by the end of May, ensuring access to their land by June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasizing the importance of meeting deadlines, Minister Croal highlighted the application of liquidated damages if contractors exceed the stipulated timeline, set to conclude by April 30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed accountability and the government&#8217;s responsibility to expedite the completion of works to accommodate citizens eagerly awaiting access to their land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Substantial investments have been made in infrastructural development in Block 13, totaling approximately $3.3 billion, with an additional $569 million allocated for supplementary works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, a total expenditure of $3.6 billion is earmarked to provide essential infrastructure, including road networks and bridges, for allottees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges, Minister Croal expressed satisfaction with the progress of infrastructural works in the area, affirming the Ministry&#8217;s commitment to exhaust available lands for housing along the East Bank corridor, underscoring its dedication to providing housing access for citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As anticipation builds for the realization of their homeownership dreams, beneficiaries eagerly await the completion of infrastructural works, heralding a new chapter in their journey towards homeownership in Golden Grove, EBD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan In an eagerly anticipated development, thousands of individuals allocated lands at Blocks 13 and 18 in Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), are poised to access their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19205","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\/19205","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=19205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19207,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19205\/revisions\/19207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}