{"id":20935,"date":"2024-06-27T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20935"},"modified":"2024-06-27T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:55:13","slug":"government-to-develop-20000-house-lots-at-wales-west-bank-demerara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-to-develop-20000-house-lots-at-wales-west-bank-demerara\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Develop 20,000 House Lots at Wales, West Bank Demerara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced a significant housing expansion initiative at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara, aimed at benefiting 20,000 families as part of the government\u2019s ongoing housing expansion program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a community engagement session in Leonora and surrounding Region 3 communities, President Ali highlighted that the development at Wales will include not only housing lots but also a new power plant, industrial and manufacturing park, and various infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In this region alone, we will achieve close to 15,000 house lots, and we are opening up the lands in Wales to provide another 20,000 on the West Bank,&#8221; stated President Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambitious project forms part of broader regional developments that include the construction of the new Demerara River Crossing, Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base, the country\u2019s first artificial island, and enhancements to the Schoonord to Crane highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to enhancing the education sector in the region, with substantial investments in the construction and rehabilitation of schools at all educational levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over $6 billion is allocated for school construction, along with $390 million for textbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the engagement, President Ali addressed concerns raised by residents, offering immediate solutions to some issues and pledging resolution for others within two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative underscores the government&#8217;s dedication to regional development and improving living standards across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced a significant housing expansion initiative at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara, aimed at benefiting 20,000 families as part of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20935","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\/20935","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=20935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20937,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20935\/revisions\/20937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}