Infrastructural upgrades under the Sophia segment of the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) funded Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme are 25 per cent completed and the majority of the works are expected to be finished before the project end date of March 2020.
This was revealed by officials from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) following a walkabout around the community yesterday morning. The CH&PA is implementing the IDB-funded project, which provides two housing initiatives; the Core Home Support and Home Improvement Subsidy. The project will be executed in four districts: areas in Georgetown; Industry to LBI on the East Coast of Demerara; Eccles to Diamond/ Grove on the East Bank of Demerara; and La Parfait Harmonie in Region Three.
Speaking at the event, CHPA Chief Executive Officer Lelon Saul said that under the project, they will be spending approximately US$7.5 million in the Sophia, Greater Georgetown area, where they will upgrade 12 kilometres of roads to asphaltic concrete, upgrade the drains to concrete and upgrade two playfield areas along with other infrastructural works.