–as $30M road works commence in Reg. 6 

TRUE to President Dr. Irfaan Ali’s promise to residents just over a week ago, rehabilitation works have commenced on the badly deteriorated roads in the Kilcoy/Chesney New Housing Scheme on the Corentyne.

It was while he was in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) to attend a function that residents of the housing scheme made it their duty to meet with President Ali and bring the state of a number of roads in their community to his attention.

To his credit, President Ali’s response was swift, as he immediately pledged to have the issue addressed as early as possible.

True to his word, work on the roads commenced two days before Christmas, and is estimated to cost approximately $30 million. Word is that when completed, the roads will not only be paved, but boast an asphalted surface as well.

“It’s actually three roads we are doing; two in Port Mourant, and one in Kilcoy/Chesney,” Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan told the Guyana Chronicle.

“During the President’s visit,” he said, “the people raised the question of the road, and he allocated $30M to do the roads. It has already been awarded, and the contractor has already been mobilised to get the work started.”

He seized the opportunity to express the gratitude of the residents of Region Six to the President for making good on his promise, and for the swift action he took.

As he explained, “It would have been in the budget for next year, but the President said. ‘Don’t worry about that; let’s get it done now.’ We are very thankful to the President for these on-the-spot decisions, whereby people can benefit almost immediately rather than have a drawn-out process. So we want to really praise and thank him for this. The people will be very happy to see the completion of this road, because it has been a bugbear for quite some time.”