– Sheriff Hospital on track for December
Residents within the community of Palmyra, Corentyne are very excited about the major construction projects underway such as for a shopping mall, hospital, new housing scheme and stadium.
While the residents have been battling dust from the construction sites resulting in them having to clean multiple times per day, they believe in the greater good of the development which is expected to boost the region economically.
Lealawattye Adram, 61, who recently returned to Palmyra after living twenty years overseas, explained that she now also feels a sense of security as the area which was previously populated with cane fields and often used by bandits as their escape route after pouncing on community members, has now been cleared as a result of the ongoing construction.
She said, “When I look out I can see straight over and I feel so much better and so much safer, I’m not scared no more… For me, I am happy about it because it will get a hospital closer, a stadium closer so I’m looking forward to it.”