{"id":21552,"date":"2024-07-27T02:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21552"},"modified":"2024-07-27T02:47:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:47:17","slug":"linden-riverfront-revetted-with-95m-project-to-combat-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-riverfront-revetted-with-95m-project-to-combat-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Riverfront Revetted with $95M Project to Combat Erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tracey Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant river defense project is underway at the Mackenzie Market Riverfront, valued at $95 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to address flooding and prevent erosion along the Demerara River, safeguarding the community&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill recently visited the site to assess the progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the importance of the river defense structure in protecting the lives and livelihoods of Linden residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, which spans 175 meters, is being executed by contractor C. Jory and Sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill emphasized that similar to previous projects in Speighland, this revetment project involves placing large boulders along the riverbank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These boulders are designed to absorb wave energy and reduce environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Public Works reported that $6.9 billion has been allocated in the 2024 budget for strengthening sea and river defense structures across Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding supports flood management planning to ensure effective design and maintenance of defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The river defense bill, passed by the National Assembly in May, focuses on enhancing flood management and maintaining robust defenses throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool A significant river defense project is underway at the Mackenzie Market Riverfront, valued at $95 million. The initiative aims to address flooding and prevent erosion along the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21552","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\/21552","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=21552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21554,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552\/revisions\/21554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}