{"id":25894,"date":"2025-02-01T18:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25894"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:30:21","slug":"amendments-to-land-acquisition-legislation-to-reduce-project-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/amendments-to-land-acquisition-legislation-to-reduce-project-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Amendments to Land Acquisition Legislation to Reduce Project Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>December 18, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent amendments to the Acquisition of Lands legislation for Public Purposes are expected to significantly reduce delays in infrastructure projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was highlighted by Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal, who addressed the impact of the changes during a recent briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Croal explained that land acquisition, a critical aspect of developing new road networks and infrastructure, has often been a lengthy process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenges related to property ownership disputes have typically required court involvement, which led to significant delays and hindered the timely completion of national projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that these delays are not in the public interest, nor do they support the timely development needed for national progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the key projects affected by land acquisition issues are the four-lane East Bank Demerara Highway, the New Demerara River Bridge, and the Schoonard-to-Crane four-lane road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Croal reassured the public that these projects have been pursued transparently and fairly, with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent amendments to the legislation aim to streamline the land acquisition process by introducing clear timelines for negotiations, compensation, and dispute resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes are seen as crucial for fostering economic growth and ensuring the efficient development of the country&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government believes that these adjustments will play a significant role in improving national development and enhancing connectivity across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickDecember 18, 2024 The recent amendments to the Acquisition of Lands legislation for Public Purposes are expected to significantly reduce delays in infrastructure projects. This was highlighted by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25894","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=25894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25895,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25894\/revisions\/25895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}