…will link North, Central Rupununi

PHASE one of the three-phase construction of the $200M bypass road linking North and Central Rupununi, Region Nine, (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), has been completed.
In 2019 the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) signed a contract with JR Construction Incorporated and B and R Construction for completion of the road.
Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock who attended the commissioning, stated that this is direct correlation with the government’s commitment to ensure that the hinterland communities all benefit from infrastructural changes that would ensure that Guyanese have access to better living conditions.

Minister Allicock stated that the road will positively impact some 4000 residents’ access to health care facilities, official offices and even Georgetown. Said Minister Allicock,, “We need the infrastructure like this road to have easier access to markets, easier access to the hospital, easier access to school, easier access to the city.”

Additionally, he related that the road will not only be used for the residents, but would also be used as a way of promoting tourism within those areas; he reminded the residents that tourists would now have somewhat easier access to visit their communities, and that they themselves could promote and market their products, art and craft and be able to earn incomes through that avenue. This, he said, would not only be beneficial to the residents, but would also help to grow Guyana’s economy.

Toshaos of Nappi village, Guy Fredricks, expressed his satisfaction with the government for its commitment to the hinterland region, stating that he had noticed the government making significant strides when it comes to promoting infrastructural development in the community.

“We have water projects not yet commissioned but in operation. There is water pelting into some houses as I speak today; there is a five million-dollar grant that is come for the development of a guest house at the reservoir, and so many more projects that the government has initiated for the hinterland communities,” said Fredricks.
The second phase of 30 kilometres of road which will commence shortly will continue through Fly Hill, Kamkumbe and Kwaiwatta, and another 30 kilometres from Yupukari to Toka in the North Rupununi.