Communities from Surapana to further up the Demerara River are to get much needed relief with a $10.5 million allocation for the repair of their main access road.
Residents were recently informed of the allocation at a meeting specially convened by Regional Chairman Mortimer Mingo at Coomacka Mines—one of four communities to benefit from the rehabilitation of the road.
The meeting followed a cry for help by residents of Coomacka Mines, Nottinghamshire, and Mariah Elizabeth/Three Friends Mines two weeks ago, after they were denied access through the Nottinghamshire internal road. According to residents,
