{"id":30933,"date":"2026-07-16T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30933"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:36:41","slug":"east-street-georgetown-to-be-transformed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/east-street-georgetown-to-be-transformed\/","title":{"rendered":"East Street, Georgetown to be transformed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Works include improved drainage, walkways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Shamiah Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government is advancing its plans to transform Georgetown into a more resilient, well-connected and inclusive City through a series of Beautification and enhancement projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some 300 metre of East Street in Georgetown will be upgraded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was disclosed by the Housing Ministers, during a walkout on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The works include enhanced drainage, upgraded walkways and cleaner, safer, and more accessible public spaces for residents and visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"30935\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/749041876_1055833293617810_3045374541316985682_n.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"30934\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/747753149_937551816017008_4758455712654023939_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative forms part of the broader Georgetown Urban Framework plan, a Government of Guyana Project being implemented with support from the King\u2019s Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Minister Croal also met with residents of the New Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, where he announced plans for a new road link to the Aubrey Barker Highway and additional community upgrades. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project will see two access roads upgraded, improving connectivity between the East Coast Demerara and Georgetown, while recreational spaces will also be enhanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>So immediately we are going out for procurement to be able to construct both the eastern as well as the western end going south to meet the Aubrey Barker Road<\/strong>. <strong>And so within a month, we will be able to have the awards be done for the commencement of the road<\/strong>,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister also committed to working with relevant agencies to address concerns including street lighting, water supply, drainage, electricity and community security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;Works include improved drainage, walkways -by Shamiah Grant Government is advancing its plans to transform Georgetown into a more resilient, well-connected and inclusive City through a series of Beautification and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[523,365,471,350],"tags":[488,545,370,413,412,405],"class_list":["post-30933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing","category-human-development","category-infrastructural-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-georgetown","tag-guyana","tag-housing","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30937,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions\/30937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}