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Region Eight completes work programme

Nov 07, 2009 News

The Region Eight Administration has reported that it has successfully completed a $107M capital works programme that has seen new infrastructure in the Region this year.
The sum was expended on new bridges which improved access between Regions Eight and Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) and on extensions and upgrades to buildings and facilities through which residents receive Health and Education services.
In a recent interview, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ishwar Dass, said that the Administration had also acquired new land and water transport which improved the mobility of workers in the two sectors so that they could provide more effective services.
Commenting on the overall effort this year, Dass  said that the programme started in April and was completed by mid October.
With regard to some of its elements, the  Administration constructed two heavy bridges, one at Twiling and one at Ocko, at a cost of $16M.
Prior to this, one of the bridges which existed then, had been made of logs and there was none at Ocko.
Both structures had either been too dangerous to cross or impassable during the rainy season.
The new bridges now allow easy access in all weather conditions and will make life easier for those who travel through Region Eight and Region Nine.
Allowing for easy access in all weather conditions, too, is a new bridge at Echilibar. This facility was started last year and completed April this year at a cost of $12.7M.
A 50-mile stretch of roadway between Kurukubaru and Kaibarupai was also successfully upgraded, Dass said.
In the area of the health services, the capital programme saw improvements in the sector starting from the Hospital at Mahdia, with the installation of a Standby generator there  and completion of the related electrical works so that Staff can now get 24 hours a day access to electricity as against the previous twelve hours from 18:00 hours to 6:00 hours.
The works there saw, too, the upgrade of the mortuary with the installation of a new refrigerator and improvements in medical waste disposal with the construction of an incinerator built with funds handed over by the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).
The Capital programme also saw the extension of the Health Centre at Monkey Mountain to cater for the needs of the Medex and to allow for more services to be offered to residents in the area at a cost of $7.2M.
Extended too were the Nursery school at Mahdia and the Primary school at Waipa.
The Region also built living quarters for teachers at Muruwa and Sandhills, Dass said.
Of the aspects of transportation acquired under the land and water transport element of the capital programme, two were All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).
Dass said that the Region completed its work programme and has since tackled additional projects  including construction of  paved drains on the road shoulders  at Mahdia  and the construction of a walkway and shed at the Nursery school in the village.

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