MINISTER of Communities Ronald Bulkan has lauded the work done so far on the Supenaam Water Development Project, Region Two.
During a visit to the region on Friday, the minister, accompanied by Regional Executive Officer (REO) Denis Jaikarran and regional officials, inspected the works completed on the facility thus far.

The multi-million dollar project being executed by the Public Infrastructure Ministry is expected to be completed before year-end.
Minister Bulkan, who was happy that the Supenaam Waterfront is being converted to a modern facility, promised to visit the site again before its commissioning.
The minister was born in the Supenaam area and in his younger days he worked in the sawmills. He views the project as a transformational one.

The river defence component of the project has been completed and vending units are still under construction.
The project is being executed to the tune of $88M and on completion, will boast a new passenger waiting area, paved parking areas, organised vending spaces with standardised shops, paved waterfront promenade with rails, shaded public seating and lighting.
The project was considered by the Ministry of Communities after it recognised the importance of the Supenaam terminal to Guyana’s river transport link.

Senior engineer from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure/Sea and River Defence Department, Jermaine Braithwaite, had noted the major elements of the project.

These include rehabilitation to the existing main road at Supenaam waterfront; construction of a new anchored steel sheet pile revetment (75m) and rehabilitation to existing SSP revetment; paved waterfront promenade with rails; shaded public seating with decorative lighting; construction of new passenger waiting/boating landing structure designed for mooring of multiple boats; organised vending spaces with standardised shops and seating provisions to be managed through RDC/NDC; seating and sanitary facilities; improvements to amenities and facilities for waiting passengers; and parking spaces.