The planned Government Office Complex when built will be equipped with four towers which will have the capacity to accommodate approximately 6,000 employees, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said on Friday.
He told reporters at a year-end press conference held at the ministry’s boardroom in Wight’s Lane, Kingston, Georgetown that the complex will be built on 20 acres of land, and 1 km east of the second roundabout at the new Eccles/Haags Bosch roundabout.
The subject minister reminded that a total of $2.6 billion, was approved in the 2022 budget for this project to materialize.
“This is a major project for us, as you know we discussed this at Parliament last year (2022) and budgetary provisions were made and moreso approved for this project, we have actually moved the location to give us a better deal and service”, Edghill said.
He continued “you know what this means rather than people running to different places to get service from an agency, several agencies will be in one complex, so when you drive or you park, you can get different services done”.
According to a report shared by the Ministry of Public Works to the media the land which was initially identified for the Government Office Complex was utilized.
Hence, alternative land was identified at Eccles.
Site visits were done and the civil works will commence during the first quarter of 2024.
The subject minister also noted that 25 Government Buildings were repaired and 2 Government Buildings were renovated.
