THE feasibility study for the Parika to Goshen road has finally been completed, according to Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson.

The major road construction is expected to allow for easier access from farms to markets in the Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) area.

“The Parika to Goshen road, the feasibility study is out; it’s completed so we’re now allowed to seek public-private partnership to do that road,” he told the newspaper on Sunday.
The proposed Parika to Goshen road is approximately 56 km long and runs within the right-of-way of the Del Conte Road on the East Bank of the Essequibo River, passing through occupied agricultural and forest lands.

It forms a part of the Government’s three-phase initiative to construct an all-weather transportation road corridor from Parika to Bartica. This is run from Parika to Goshen; Goshen to Monkey Jump and Monkey Jump to Bartica.

According to the ministry, an alternative link to Bartica and other hinterland communities would also be created when the road is completed.

In conjunction with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), in January 2015, the Ministry had engaged the consulting Team, J-Dos Internationalé Incorporated to provide engineering designs and supervision of works for the road.

Meanwhile, the completed feasibility study will guide the administration in regards to which alignment serves best for the construction of the road.