A $2 billion bridge across the Demerara River at Linden, the upgrade of wharves across the country and the construction of a waterfront at the Stabroek Market are among a range of infrastructural projects that government hopes to fund with grant resources from the United Kingdom.
“You don’t want to centre everything in one region. All the regions must be able to benefit from this grant,” junior Minister of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson told Stabroek News in an interview last week. “Proposals were submitted and we are awaiting feedback from the donor agency…once we get the go-ahead, you know, the approval of the projects will begin,” she said.
“Some will kick off in 2018, some 2019, and so forth,” the minister added. She said because of the detailed analysis and scrutiny the proposals will have to undergo, the timeline for actual estimated commencement of the projects has been set for 2018.
