The Cunha Canal is expected to be rehabilitated under a US$1.91M project to be funded by money earned through Guyana’s forests partnership with Norway with the works projected to increase the real time drainage capacity of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) by up to 30%.
The World Bank, which has been working on the Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP), has been selected as the partner entity through which the funds would flow. The upgrading of the Cunha Canal is an important piece of infrastructure which was identified for