Miners and loggers as well as residents of Kwakwani, Region Ten, are expected to benefit from critical infrastructural upgrades – valued at $489 million – which are projected to bolster connectivity and accessibility in the Kwakwani sub-region, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, during an inspection of the Kwakwani barge last Thursday said, “We came and we sat with the NDC and allotted $200 million and we walk with them, found out what their priorities are and we delivered on every one of those roads we committed to. Now in 2024, we are doing another $489 million in road works.”
Works, the release said, will be undertaken on the Kwakwani Waterfront Road by Jemcorp Engineering and Imports in rigid pavement concrete to the tune of $225.6 million. Spanning some 1,000 meters in length and 6.1 meters in width, the six-month project commenced on June 14 and is expected to be completed by December 14. Continuation works will also be executed on the Orealla to Kwakwani road project. Orin’s Supreme Enterprise is undertaking this massive project to the tune of $181.8 million spanning 20 kilometers in length and 7.62 meters in width, the release said. This project has a similar timeline of six-months and is expected to be completed by December 14.
Edghill noted that the road-linking project is in its fourth phase and once completed, will reduce the travel time for persons transporting goods and services as well as those in the forestry sector with concessions in the sub-region’s far-flung areas. Persons blasting quarries at Orealla will also utilise the thoroughfare to transport and sell their aggregates at the market. Internal thoroughfares and drainage works are also set to be rehabilitated by VG Group Guyana Incorporated. This will see the road between Kwakwani and Hururu upgraded for easier accessibility for commuters, particularly, schoolchildren.
The release noted that these works are valued at $82.2 million and are being executed in asphalt spanning 600 meters in length and 6.1 meters in width. The project duration is four months and is set to be completed by October 14.
