Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says that there is about $60m available in the budget for road works on the Essequibo River island of Wakenaam.
According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the Minister was speaking at a community meeting on the island
Patterson stated he had a first-hand experience of the roads after driving his vehicle throughout the island. On this note, he said, “I have about $60M in our budget for Wakenaam to fix the main roads.”
“The biggest hindrance to that is the rain… The most difficult thing for the road is rain because if you put it down when the place is wet, it’ll come up back right away,” Patterson said, according to DPI.
The rehabilitation of Wakenaam’s main roads is expected to commence at the beginning of the dry season. In relation to the electricity sector, Patterson committed to the installation of an additional 20 LED [light-emitting-diode] lights on the island. This will complement the 60 LED lights that were erected on GPL’s poles throughout the island in 2018.
“I think the road upgrade would be really-really nice since traversing the road, for me, from Maria Johanna to Souci is a task, and it costs me $1,000 every day,” Teacher, Nicola Harry
said after hearing of the planned roadworks.
DPI said that Winston Browne enthusiastically uttered, “We in Maria Johanna, Wakenaam are so satisfied with this administration because we see the kind of seriousness within the Administration.”
