Two projects on improving the water supply and hinterland airstrips here are under active consideration by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as Guyana looks to benefit from £53.2 million in grant resources from the United Kingdom.
“It will take some time for the CDB and us…to assess the project bids so we’re talking about probably months before a final decision is taken to allow things to start,” British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn told reporters on Tuesday during a briefing at his residence. Guyana has been allocated £53.2 million (around $16 billion) by the UK under its £300 million United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF).
Previously, the Ministry of Finance had announced that the funds will be applied to six major infrastructure programmes including waterfront development, water supply improvement and solid waste management. “The identified interventions will see