A concrete road will be constructed from Hosororo to Wanaina in Region One during the course of this year. Several new schools will also be built.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall made the disclosures during the recent consideration of the estimates for public works and education delivery projects in Region One.
He was at the time responding to questions on the allocations which came mainly from APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Ronald Cox.
The Committee of Supply approved the sum of $85M for the construction of the road.
In providing details on the project, Dharamlall said that the sum will only cater for about 800 meters of the road.
“We are actually extending the road and at some point in time it will get to Wauna and beyond but the sum here would not be able to take…this is just got about 800 meters. So it will be on the Hosororo Hill,” he said.
He noted that the ministry is collaborating with the Ministry of Public Works which will see a further extension of the road.
“The people of Mabaruma especially in those areas would finally also during the course of this year experience much better movements, having a new road made of concrete for the first time……As a matter of fact, when we took Government it was probably the most potholed road in the country left by APNU+AFC,” Dharamlall said.
A total of $128.5M was also approved by the Committee of Supply for the construction of buildings within the education sector.
Among the projects, Dharamlall said are some which were rolled over from last year.
He noted that new primary schools will be constructed in several areas within Moruca and Mabaruma.
A new education office will also be built at Oronoque, Kaituma along with teaching quarters at Wallaba and Kurasima.
Additionally, as he responded to claims of constant blackouts in Region One, Dharamlall disclosed that the electricity supply in Mabaruma will be expanded with the procurement of a new generator.
“You will see a lot of light because we have already procured a new generator. We do a lot of planning so the people of Mabaruma will also have a new generator that will complement what they already have,” he said.
For the first time in Moruca, he added that the village of Park East will also have electricity with their own generator set. “So there would be more residences, households in Park East, Yarakita, Wauna, Tobago who will experience the glory of living under the PPP/C,” Dharamlall said.
