Cemetery Road in Georgetown will soon be upgraded into a four-lane road, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has announced.
“In Cemetery Road, we are now upgrading it. Both of the carriageways from Princes Street all the way out to Mandela Avenue, we are ensuring that you can get traffic two lanes going and two lanes coming. So Cemetery Road turning into a four-lane,” Edghill said.
He was at the time delivering address at the launch of the Independence Boulevard and Cemetery Road enhancement projects.
The upgrade works will be done by Avinash Contracting.
Edghill said the Le Repentir cemetery will also be fenced and concrete drains will be constructed on the eastern and western carriageways. In the centre, there will be a walk-way.
“In case somebody concern… we ain’t digging up no grave. We are going to fence the burial ground with a proper fence on both sides,” Edghill said.
Currently, Cemetery Road has two lanes. It is the entry point to the LeRepentir Cemetery. As such, most times when there are funerals, there tends to traffic congestion.
Edghill urged residents in and around the community to call on the Mayor and City Council to clean up the burial ground. “….The burial ground in a terrible shape,” he lamented.
