The Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has invited bids for housing projects for regions located on the coastland.
Regions Three, Four, Five, and Six, will be benefitting from housing projects.
A statement by the Ministry on Monday said that developments in Region Four will take place in Prospect, Providence, Little Diamond, and Great Diamond, on the East Bank of Demerara, along with Cummings Lodge, Mon Repos, Annandale, La Bonne Intention, Vigilance, Bladen Hall, and Strathspey, on the East Coast of Demerara.
In Region Three, housing projects will be sited in Meten-Meer-Zorg, Stewartville, Anna Catherina, Edinburgh, and Cornelia Ida, on the West Coast of Demerara while in regions Five and Six, works are slated for Experiment, Hampshire, Williamsburg, No. 75 Village, No. 79 Village, Ordnance, Fortlands, and Canje.
Tenders for Region Four will open on January 12, while tenders for regions Three, Five, and Six, will open on January 13.
The bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures in keeping with the Procurement Act. Pre-bid meetings were conducted on Monday.
It was noted that all projects have a construction period of 150 days per lot.
Meanwhile, the statement added that Housing Minister Collin Croal, said that the sector’s advancement provides major spin-off benefits for the economy. “When our government invests in the housing sector, there is a direct positive effect on job creation in the construction sector, increased spending, and a greater demand for basic goods and services. All of this results in good things for small and medium-scale businesses, truckers, taxi drivers, bus operators, carpenters, painters, and many others,” he was quoted as saying.
