The government is preparing to invest nearly $200 million in upgrading vital roads within the communities of Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens in South Georgetown, according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.
The Ministry of Public Works’ Special Projects Unit is scheduled to mobilize in the areas within the next ten days to begin the infrastructure works.
A release from the ministry said that Edghill made the disclosure during a community meeting at Well Site, Roxanne Burnham Gardens yesterday. He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd.
Edghill emphasized the government’s commitment to developing these communities, noting that the work should be completed by September. “Before school reopens in September, with the pace at which we work at the ministry through the Special Projects Unit, if we don’t complete everything, we will be more than 90 per cent substantially completed of all the roads that we want to do here,” Edghill told the residents.
He added that his team would work on creating a more aesthetically pleasing vending environment for both vendors and their customers, further improving the lives of those selling on the road corners. He urged residents to cooperate with the contractors during the process and underlined that there would be small contracts available for residents to clean and improve the drainage systems.
“When we do infrastructural development in a community, the people in the community must benefit from the work that is being done…We are taking development to the people, we are serious about what we are doing,” Edghill stated.
Additionally, Edghill highlighted that through the ministry’s Main Access Roads Programme, Cane View Street in South Ruimveldt Gardens will be transformed into a main access road to accommodate traffic flowing along the Heroes Highway.
