{"id":21633,"date":"2024-08-08T00:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21633"},"modified":"2024-08-08T00:19:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:19:46","slug":"president-irfaan-ali-inspects-progress-on-major-roadworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-irfaan-ali-inspects-progress-on-major-roadworks\/","title":{"rendered":"President Irfaan Ali Inspects Progress on Major Roadworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a move to address traffic congestion issues along the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, President Irfaan Ali conducted an inspection of ongoing roadworks in the region yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current road development includes a series of interconnected highways designed to ease daily traffic woes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key projects under construction include the Mandela to Buzz Bee Dam highway, as well as improvements to Greenfield, Red Road, and Dumpsite Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to create 20 lanes of interconnected highways, linking the East Bank Highway, Heroes Highway, and extending beyond Buzz Bee Dam to Ogle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These new highways will be built to four-lane standards, enhancing traffic flow and connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, President Ali has mandated the installation of an electronic ticketing system on all new highways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This system will be integrated with streetlights and equipped with cameras to monitor and enforce traffic laws, such as speeding violations and seatbelt usage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system will capture photographs of traffic infractions, with fines communicated to vehicle owners via mobile phone and mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These upgrades are expected to significantly alleviate traffic congestion and improve overall road safety in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to address traffic congestion issues along the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, President Irfaan Ali conducted an inspection of ongoing roadworks in the region yesterday.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21633","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\/21633","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=21633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21635,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21633\/revisions\/21635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}