CABINET last week gave its no objection for the rehabilitation of the former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) building located at East and Lamaha Streets, Georgetown.The contract was awarded for $19.1M, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon announced at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President, in Georgetown, last Friday.
According to Luncheon, segments of the staffing at the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, at Cornhill Street, will be relocated to the rehabilitated building.
This is until the authorities are ready to implement its “grand design” for the Cornhill Street location, Dr Luncheon informed. “We are not going to abandon Cornhill Street although it is abandonable. So the intention is to phase its abandonment. So indeed, you are looking at a stage evacuation of Cornhill Street using East Street as one of the newer locations,” Dr Luncheon said.
As for the GRA building on Main Street, Luncheon said it is not intended to house public offices. The authorities are preparing to sell the building, he informed.