{"id":22420,"date":"2024-09-05T14:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22420"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:09:54","slug":"major-road-works-and-pirara-bridge-to-enhance-connectivity-in-regions-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/major-road-works-and-pirara-bridge-to-enhance-connectivity-in-regions-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Road Works and Pirara Bridge to Enhance Connectivity in Regions 8 &amp; 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has provided updates to Toshaos from Regions 8 and 9 regarding ongoing infrastructure projects, including the construction of the Pirara Bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 410.2-million-dollar bridge is the final of 32 to be completed along the Kurupukari to Lethem corridor, and is expected to be finished by Christmas of this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, it will significantly improve transportation for commuters in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Pirara Bridge, Minister Edghill emphasized that the government is making major investments in community participation projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 300 million dollars has been allocated to Region 8, with individual projects receiving up to 5 million dollars each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toshaos have already begun receiving cheques to carry out necessary works like clearing trees and cleaning creeks, which will be followed by larger rehabilitation projects involving heavy machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill also announced plans for an internal road network in Region 9, specifically targeting the villages of Nappi, Awarewaunau, Shulinab, and Karaudarnau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This internal road system is a key part of the government\u2019s commitment to connect villages and improve access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, an additional 6.4 billion dollars has been allocated for road works in several hinterland communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These works will include a 60km stretch of road from Orealla to Kwakwani and upgrades from Great Falls to 58 miles, among other projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These infrastructure improvements are expected to enhance connectivity and support economic development across the hinterland regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has provided updates to Toshaos from Regions 8 and 9 regarding ongoing infrastructure projects, including the construction of the Pirara Bridge. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22420","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\/22420","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=22420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22421,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22420\/revisions\/22421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}