President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned the rehabilitated Burnham Boulevard in Mocha Arcadia and pledged support for a series of improvements including repairs to the Barnwell Road, an announcement greeted with broad approval from residents.
The visit to the East Bank Demerara community was politically significant as it is a stronghold of the opposition APNU+AFC and the rehabilitated boulevard is named for the founder of the PNC, realities that rose to the surface during a subsequent meeting with residents. A total of $192 million has now been designated for road rehabilitation in the area, along with promises of additional infrastructural works.
