–President Ali says; announces massive upgrade of New Amsterdam to Moleson Creek highway to start before year’s end

PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, on Thursday, said that before the end of 2024, works will begin on the main highway expansion from New Amsterdam to Moleson Creek.
This, according to the President, is part of the government’s efforts to build out infrastructure to support comprehensive growth in Region Six.

The Head of State made this announcement while visiting the Crabwood Creek community on Thursday, when he met with residents and listened to and addressed their concerns.
However, before walking through the community, he told residents that the Government of Guyana is building out an ecosystem in the region with several transformational projects that will set the region on a massive development path.

“So, you can see, we are building out an ecosystem and infrastructure here in Region Six that will support a comprehensive growth and development path,” Dr Ali said.
Against this backdrop, he said that there are several infrastructural projects underway and as such, very soon, work will start on having the designs finalised before the end of the year.

There is hope to have actual expansion works commence on the main highway between New Amsterdam and Crabwood Creek.
“Long before the end of this year, we hope to have actual works commence on the main highway… expansion of the highway from New Amsterdam to Crabwood Creek here,” the President said.

With all of this ongoing, the Head of State added that the government in the coming three months, will commence discussions with the investors in the Berbice River Bridge who have asked to sit down with the government with a common plan on how to ensure that the competitiveness of the region is increased.

He added: “So, those discussions will take place and I’m sure that whatever the outcome of those discussions are you will be in a better place and Region Six will be in a better place.”
Meanwhile, speaking on the government’s vision, Dr Ali indicated that outside of the Wales development for the first pipeline coming on stream, they have made it clear that the next big gas project would see Region Six and Five critically connected to that.

Further, he added that they hope that before the end of this year, all of the institutional arrangements along with developers will be in place to start that project thus ushering in a new phase of development in the transport and logistics, manufacturing along with other spin-off businesses that come with it.

Further, he reiterated that they are expanding and rebuilding the sugar industry with the modernisation of all fields taking place, and some 5,000 hectares at Skeldon being put back into production.
Additionally, whilst this is being done, they are looking at opening up opportunities for more than 50,000 acres of new land to have it available for farmers.