President Irfaan Ali yesterday afternoon inspected ongoing housing and road projects in Georgetown and on the East Bank of Demerara.
A release from the Office of the President said that accompanied by a team of technical persons from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), the President made his first stop in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, where 400 elevated houses are being built. The release said that the housing project has attracted the interest of some 8,000 Guyanese thus far.
Approximately 200 of the homes are expected to be completed by the end of October.
The President was informed that 13 contractors, employing more than 1,500 skilled and semi-skilled persons, are executing the project.
He made his second stop of the afternoon at the road link that is being constructed from Mandela Avenue to Eccles.
The President’s third stop was in Providence where the release said that a public-private partnership is facilitating the construction of 200 flat houses, with 80 expected to be completed by the end of the year. Fifty-five two-storey homes are also being erected.
The President also visited the road project linking Eccles and Diamond.
