Some $69.3 million will be spent by the Ministry of Public Works for the upgrade of the Leonora Market Old Road, Region Three, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar during a community engagement at Kowsilla Park, Leonora yesterday said, “This is designed to bring everybody [vendors] who are selling at the front inside, so this thing with people at the back suffering and they’re the ones who got to pay and so, it got to come to an end.”
The asphaltic concrete road will be approximately 343 metres in length and will feature a tarmac.
An Interim Management Committee is also expected to be established for the market soon.
Accompanying the minister was Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond who addressed the Guyana to Barbados gold market hub initiative.
The gold market will facilitate the sale of Guyanese crafted gold jewellery in Barbados.
She said two buildings have been identified in prime areas with high tourist influx to house the jewellery store fronts, DPI said.
“We are giving our jewellers that opportunity, Guyana’s gold and jewellery is in high demand in Barbados. And so, the two countries have decided to come together where we provide a place in Barbados for a space for our jewellers to be able to sell their craft, and sell their jewellery. I went to Barbados and they have identified the two possible locations to set up a store. Barbados and Guyana will be jointly financing the set up and our jewellers will then be put in place,” she said.
In addition, to the store front, a G-Invest office will also be established in the sister CARICOM state, DPI reported.
