Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson says $14 billion is needed between 2020 and 2022 to effect “urgent” repairs on 32.9 kilometers of Guyana’s sea defence, failing which, locations across the coast will suffer a fate similar to what Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, has been seeing in recent weeks.
Patterson said that the significance of the financial undertaking required must be considered in light of the fact that his ministry’s usual yearly allocation for sea defence work is $2 billion.
