{"id":23267,"date":"2024-09-24T14:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23267"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:30:09","slug":"diamond-residents-praise-rehabilitation-of-75-roads-by-public-works-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/diamond-residents-praise-rehabilitation-of-75-roads-by-public-works-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Residents Praise Rehabilitation of 75 Roads by Public Works Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, have expressed their appreciation for the recent rehabilitation of 75 roads, a project executed by the Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Public Works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The infrastructural upgrades, which have significantly improved the road network in the housing scheme, were inspected by Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill detailed that the project covered a total length of 25 kilometers and cost approximately 690 million Guyanese dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extensive works aimed to enhance the commuting experience for residents and were part of a commitment made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Residents noted the drastic improvements, with many highlighting the poor condition of the roads prior to rehabilitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One resident remarked that the roads had been in a deplorable state for the past decade, while another expressed satisfaction with the speed and quality of the work done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rehabilitation work included upgrades on 7th Avenue, 21st Avenue, and various roads in Avenues A and B at the front of the housing scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project commenced in February and was successfully completed on September 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative marks a significant investment in local infrastructure, promising to enhance daily life for Diamond&#8217;s residents and improve accessibility within the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, have expressed their appreciation for the recent rehabilitation of 75 roads, a project executed by the Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Public&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23267","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\/23267","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=23267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23274,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23267\/revisions\/23274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}