Gov’t promises Sophia a taste of ‘the good life’

– in terms of more infrastructural development for the community

GOVERNMENT will ensure that the residents of Sophia get a taste of the good life, should the Coalition Government be re-elected to office.

That’s according to Peoples National Congress/Reform (PNCR) Chairman and Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence, who made the welcome announcement on Sunday evening during an A Partner for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) public meeting at Turning Point in the Greater Georgetown community.

She not only told ‘Sophians’ that more infrastructural works are slated for the community, but assured them that plans are in train to upgrade some 1,838 kilometres of road as well as to construct 82 culverts so as to aid in the improvement of their drainage system.
She said that to date, a total of $1.5B has been spent on the construction of 10 bridges linking the various ‘Fields’ in the community, thus ensuring accessibility to certain essential services being offered there.

She also announced the completion of some 804m of revetment works to ensure that the roads that are being upgraded remain durable, as well as the construction of 2000 housing units and another 250 Core Houses, which latter project, when completed, will cost the buyer $4M apiece.

As she explained, persons wanting to buy in on the 250 Core Houses will have to make a modest down-payment of $100, 000, while the government will subsidise the remaining $3.9M.

Plans are also on stream, she announced, for the construction of a Polyclinic in the community, as well as a new Ambulatory Unit to benefit residents in cases of urgent medical attention, all of which is anticipated to cost the government a whopping $1.5B.
APNU City Councillor Clayton Hinds told the Guyana Chronicle in an aside that a $500,000 grant will be given to qualifying families who earn $70,000 per month to aid in the renovation to their homes, particularly those who have started to build, but were for some reason unable to complete the process.

Cynthia Rutherford, a member of the youth arm of the Alliance for Change party, who also spoke at the meeting, encouraged members of the community to go out on Elections Day and exercise their constitutional right and vote for the party of their choice.

She urged the youngsters in their midst, particularly those who would have reached the requisite age to vote to do so, so that when changes are being implemented in their community and the country at large, they can have a voice in the desired change.
“Without voting, you do not have a say in anything,” Rutherford said.

This publication also spoke with some residents of the community who expressed delight at hearing of the developmental works that have been executed by the Coalition government and what is slated for the community.

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