{"id":21406,"date":"2024-07-20T01:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21406"},"modified":"2024-07-20T01:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:22:01","slug":"contracts-terminated-for-defaulting-contractors-in-region-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/contracts-terminated-for-defaulting-contractors-in-region-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracts Terminated for Defaulting Contractors in Region 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, has terminated the contracts of three defaulting contractors in Region Three, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision follows a recent assessment of the affected projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One major project affected is the Bendorff to Maripa Access Road, a $55 million contract awarded to JP General Construction and Services on August 2, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, intended to construct a 1,000-metre road, saw only 45% completion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents, particularly farmers, have expressed their frustration over the incomplete road, which has caused significant logistical challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another project, the rehabilitation of a bridge connecting Zeelugt North and Tuschen North, along with the First Cross Street (SH) Aracari, has also faced severe delays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill acknowledged the inconvenience caused to residents and emphasized that immediate measures are being implemented to address these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New contractors will be held to strict timelines to ensure timely completion of the projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, has terminated the contracts of three defaulting contractors in Region Three, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara. This decision follows a recent assessment of the affected&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406","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=21406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21408,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21406\/revisions\/21408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}