Some $226.6 million in contracts were signed yesterday to rehabilitate roads at Melanie North, East Coast Demerara. The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that 1.7 kilometres of road works are slated to be completed within two to three months.
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar and Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha were present during the signing ceremony.
DPI said that contracts were awarded to RP Construction Services, BB Construction, Jays Construction and Logistics Services, HG Construction Services, Innovative Consultancy Contracting and Investment Services, Destiny General Construction and Maintenance Services, Clean Blitz, Precision Contracting Services, Dexter Harry Enterprise, Jemcorp Engineering and Imports, Qset Enterprise, Mac Morris Enterprise, L Pool Civil Works, Handel Garnett Construction, Omari Hollow Blocks, H and N General Services, DDA Enterprise, and Alliance and General Supplies.
In February this year, the Ministry of Public Works said that $27.6m worth of roadworks at Melanie Damishana on the East Coast of Demerara had been completed.
A release from the ministry then had said that the PPP/C Government had promised residents of Melanie that the main access road would be reconstructed along with the nursery school that was in a deplorable state for many years.
In July last year, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill had committed to ensuring that the community got much-needed road upgrades.
A release from the Ministry had said that the commitment was made during a government outreach to the community by a team of Ministers led by Prime Minister, Mark Phillips.
“My commitment is, as money becomes available for roads, all roads in Melanie will be done. We will be looking to see what can be accommodated between now and the end of the year, but certainly, in 2023 you will see lots more being done in Melanie as it relates to roads,” the Public Works Minister told those gathered.
“The approach that we have been taking for village roads is this, main roads, roads that lead to schools, places of worship and health facilities are getting number one … priority, where the masses of the people traverse, they are getting the first treatment.
“Secondly, we are moving on to do roads that have never been done, because we know in some of these villages, the back street has never been done, while the front street has been done three or four times already”, he said last year.
