A contract was yesterday signed for 25 core homes in Sophia by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) to the tune of $111.8m.
A release from the CH&PA reported Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Andre Ally as stating that 25 core homes will be constructed in Sophia under a contract awarded to AJM Enterprise. This contract consists of five lots, with five houses on each lot, at a value of $111,882,800 ($22,376,560 each lot).
The contract was signed under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP).
Minister of Housing, Collin Croal, speaking at the signing, expressed satisfaction at the pace of the AHUAP, noting that over the past year more than $6oo million has been invested in Sophia for infrastructure upgrades, the construction of a multipurpose facility, and the disbursement of home improvement subsidies.
The release said that around $1 billion in contracts have also been signed for similar projects in La Parfaite Harmonie.
A contract was also signed yesterday for the Supply and Installation of Solar Integrated LED Street Lights at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. The contract was awarded to N. Balgobin & Sons Contracting Services for two lots. Lot One is valued $12,671,360, while Lot Two is $12,530,000.
AHUAP is an Inter-American Development Bank-funded programme. The release said that the programme previously encompassed communities from Georgetown to Grove on the East Bank of Demerara, up to La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara and Westminster, Onderneeming, Recht-Door-Zee, Lust en Rust, and Parfaite Harmonie Phase II on the West Bank of Demerara. The Ministry recently expanded the boundary to include nineteen communities on the East Coast of Demerara, stretching the boundary to Victoria. Similar works will start in these areas, as the programme continues.
