{"id":25860,"date":"2025-02-01T17:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25860"},"modified":"2025-02-01T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:56:05","slug":"infrastructure-update-minister-edghill-pledges-swift-restoration-after-pole-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/infrastructure-update-minister-edghill-pledges-swift-restoration-after-pole-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Update: Minister Edghill Pledges Swift Restoration After Pole Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>December 17, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, has pledged accelerated efforts to restore electricity and water supplies to residents after the collapse of electrical poles along Aubrey Barker Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident, which occurred on Thursday between Kaikan Street and Festival City\u2019s entrance, caused major power disruptions for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill visited the site on Tuesday, where he offered his apologies to affected residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured them that bypass installations and pole replacements would be completed by the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The re-erection of the poles has begun, with stabilizing straps added, and in some areas, broken concrete poles are being replaced with Wallaba poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister called on engineers to exercise closer oversight during the process and urged contractors to engage with residents respectfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While we have got the disaster under control, we must always ensure a smooth restoration process,&#8221; Minister Edghill emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also instructed contractors to document the pre-construction conditions of properties to guarantee accurate restoration in case of any damage during the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Minister Edghill confirmed that all necessary contracts have been awarded to fast-track the transformation of Aubrey Barker Road into a four-lane highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project will be a crucial connection linking the South Ruimveldt area to Ogle, East Coast Demerara, and is expected to improve transportation in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickDecember 17, 2024 Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, has pledged accelerated efforts to restore electricity and water supplies to residents after the collapse of electrical poles&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25860","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=25860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25861,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25860\/revisions\/25861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}