The initial phase of the infrastructure works for the new Hauraruni Housing Scheme along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has met with the approval of the government.
According to the Department of Public Information (DPI) this statement was made by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, during a site visit to the scheme on Wednesday. “The clearing of the land is nearing completion. They just have some of the scrubs from the debris to remove. [This] involves 150 acres of [land] that we have made available through the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission,” Croal informed.
The DPI noted that within two weeks, contractors will be able to submit their bids to begin work on drainage and road networks in the area, estimated to cost $900 million. When completed, allottees will have uninhabited access to their properties to begin construction.
This project is one of three housing programmes being developed along the highway to relocate residents from various communities, with plans to construct young professionals and other categories of homes in the scheme.
“The housing scheme is not too far off from the highway. It is all part of putting persons in a central location… We also have some allocation exercises that will be done that will incorporate some of the persons who are occupying areas on the highway that have to be relocated,” Croal explained.
Like Silica City, the housing scheme is situated in a prime location along the highway, which is currently undergoing significant infrastructural development, the release added.
