{"id":26320,"date":"2025-02-08T23:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26320"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:30:45","slug":"strathspey-ecd-residents-to-benefit-from-63-4-million-road-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/strathspey-ecd-residents-to-benefit-from-63-4-million-road-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Strathspey, ECD Residents to Benefit from $63.4 Million Road Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick | January 13, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, are set to see significant improvements in road infrastructure as part of a $63.4 million upgrade project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six roads in the area are currently undergoing extensive work, with completion expected by March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a community outreach, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, addressed local concerns about the deteriorating main access road, which has been significantly damaged by heavy-duty trucks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill confirmed that repairs will be carried out to make the road more accessible and convenient for residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with President Dr. Irfaan Ali\u2019s directive, the existing walkway to the local school will be converted into a driveway to improve access to the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is part of the government\u2019s broader commitment to enhancing community infrastructure and improving the quality of life for residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill also emphasized the government\u2019s dedication to engaging communities and completing infrastructure projects that have a positive impact on lives and livelihoods across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the community engagement, Minister Edghill conducted site inspections to oversee the progress of the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | January 13, 2025 Residents of Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, are set to see significant improvements in road infrastructure as part of a $63.4 million upgrade project.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26320","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\/26320","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=26320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26321,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320\/revisions\/26321"}],"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=26320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}