WORK on the US$46M West Coast, Demerara Road Improvement Project is on-going. A few weeks ago it was reported as being 75 percent complete, according to the Ministry of Public

Infrastructure, Senior Projects Engineer, Kester Hinds.

Hinds told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that despite challenges and harsh weather, the project which commenced in March 2015, seeks to improve efficiency and safety of road transportation for the approximately 30.7 kilometers of the West Coast, Demerara Road

from Vreed-en-Hoop to Hydronie, just about one mile east of Parika.

Meanwhile, work is also ongoing to expand the road between Better Hope and Belfield, along the East Coast of Demerara.

Government had secured US$45M Chinese funding for the East Coast road expansion. It was reported that the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, had signed a Concessional Loan Agreement (CLA) with the Export-Import Bank of China for RMB Yuan 313,838,800

or approximately US$45,318,337.