{"id":26384,"date":"2025-02-09T00:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26384"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:33:43","slug":"209-billion-allocated-for-public-infrastructure-projects-in-2025-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/209-billion-allocated-for-public-infrastructure-projects-in-2025-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"$209 Billion Allocated for Public Infrastructure Projects in 2025 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire, January 17, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana has allocated a substantial $209.1 billion in the 2025 budget for the construction and rehabilitation of roads and bridges across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding will support several major infrastructure projects, including the long-awaited Corentyne River bridge linking Guyana and Suriname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, revealed that $5 billion has been earmarked to begin construction on the new bridge once discussions with Surinamese counterparts are concluded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another $15.5 billion has been allocated for the Palmyra to Moleson Creek road project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, $5 billion has been set aside for the commencement of the new Berbice River Bridge, a key infrastructure development for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other critical projects include $17.5 billion for the Railway Embankment Road expansion from Sherriff Street to Orange Nassau, and a continuation towards the Mahaica River Bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, $3.9 billion is designated for the completion of the Good Success to Timehri road on the East Bank of Demerara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These significant investments in infrastructure are expected to boost connectivity and support the country&#8217;s ongoing development efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire, January 17, 2025 The Government of Guyana has allocated a substantial $209.1 billion in the 2025 budget for the construction and rehabilitation of roads and bridges across&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26384","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\/26384","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=26384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26385,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26384\/revisions\/26385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}