The National Assembly on Friday approved more than $6 billion in supplemental spending for the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.
The $6,161,471,564 in capital expenditure formed the bulk of the supplementary provision on the Current and Capital estimates, totalling $6.395 billion, for the period January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, approved by the House in Committee of Supply.
The funds have been approved for, among other things, the power utility upgrade programme, miscellaneous roads/drainage, the road improvement and rehabilitation programme, the East Coast Demerara highway improvement, rehabilitation of public and main access roads, reconditioning of MV Lady Northcote ferry and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) modernisation project, which are being undertaken under the ministry.
The largest allocation is more that $2.3 billion for
