A huge new housing scheme which will comprise 600 lots is under construction at Five Miles Bartica. As infrastructural works take shape, several dozen persons have already applied for house lots there.
This newspaper visited Bartica recently where works were observed on the scheme located on the outskirts of the mining community along the Potaro Road.
Region Seven Chairman Gordon Bradford told this newspaper that the response from the residents of Bartica as well as others has been overwhelming. He said that almost every day, he is being asked about the scheme and when it will be completed.
Bradford said that it is unclear when the project will be finished but persons on the ground told Stabroek News that given the scope of the works and the pace at which the contractor is