{"id":23870,"date":"2024-11-07T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23870"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:30:07","slug":"soil-testing-underway-for-mackenzie-wismar-bridge-project-following-concern-over-rare-earth-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/soil-testing-underway-for-mackenzie-wismar-bridge-project-following-concern-over-rare-earth-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Testing Underway for Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge Project Following Concern Over Rare Earth Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soil samples from the site of the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge project are currently being tested after concerns were raised about possible rare earth elements in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue was brought to attention by Mayor Sharma Solomon during a public stakeholder meeting on Saturday at the Watooka Guest House, where Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill was present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill assured residents that steps would be taken to address the issue promptly, emphasizing the importance of public health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a follow-up on Monday, Minister Edghill confirmed that samples collected on Saturday are under examination, and further updates will be provided once the results are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 Soil samples from the site of the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge project are currently being tested after concerns were raised about possible rare earth elements in the area. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870","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=23870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23871,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23870\/revisions\/23871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}