Region Ten is set to benefit from nearly $350 million in infrastructural works this year which includes the upgrading of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, according to Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill.
The Minister also disclosed that in the final quarter of this year, the contract for the construction of the first 125 kilometers of the Linden to Lethem road will be signed.
Edghill made these disclosures today at the commissioning of the newly rehabilitated Washerpond Road in Linden. According to Edghill, the Public Works Ministry has awarded a $150 million contract for the upgrade of the Linden/Soesdyke highway.
He also said that road rehabilitation works are set to commence in various areas across Linden under the Ministry’s Miscellaneous and Urban Roads project. This amounts to almost $200 million in works.
In relation to the Linden to Lethem road, Edghill said that the construction of the first 125 kilometers, which extends from Linden to Mabura Hill, will cost US$190 million and is being funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructural Fund.
“The contact is in its final procurement stage… A number of companies have been shortlisted and as soon as the CDB gives approval of those shortlisted companies, price proposals and final evaluation the contract will be signed,” he said.
