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Region Three NDCs to get CDB funding for road repairs
In excess of $50M is expected to be expended on quality road works in sections of Region Three as part of a project which will be funded by the Caribbean Development Bank.
Regions Three Regional Chairman, Mr. Julius Faerber
According to Regional Chairman, Mr. Julius Faerber, the road works will fall under the Community Road Improvement Programme (CRIP) which will see three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs), namely the Best/Klien/Pouderoyen NDC, the Stewartville/Cornelia Ida NDC and the Tuschen/Uitvlugt NDC, benefiting.
The programme, which is expected to commence in the very near future, will cater to the re-construction of 45 roads; that is, 15 roads within each of NDC areas, according to Faerber.
He revealed that the three NDCs were specifically targeted because of the number of roads they have that are currently in a deplorable state.
Once the programme gets on stream, Faerber noted, the roads will be transformed to double bituminous surface surpassing the typical level of rehabilitation quality characterized by crusher run and loam.
According to Faerber, the programme should have been in motion already but due to some difficulties on the part of the respective NDCs as it relates to their documentation the works have been delayed.
He related during an interview with this newspaper that the Region has quite a lot of problems in terms of roads and their maintenance, a situation which is often compounded by inclement weather. He noted though that although the NDCs are responsible for most internal roads, the Region sometimes tries to address those that are in a critical condition.
“We try to assist sometimes based on the availability of finances but because of our limited resources we are unable to help with all of the critical works in all of the NDCs…So this programme will be a great help to us,” Faerber added.
Meanwhile, he said that the Region has started its capital work programme as well as its current work programme for this year. He disclosed that already 86 percent of capitals works and 50 percent of current works have been advertised while some projects are already on stream.
“Our budget is very huge…for our capital programme we have $161M and for our current work programme we have $2.5B to expend…I am expecting that by September we should be able to complete spending the amount of money allocated to us.”
Work, according to Faerber, will encompass four programmes including Agriculture, Public Works, Health and Education and Road Works and Land Development.
In addition, he noted that the Region will be addressing the concerns of some residents as it relates to flooding. He revealed that the Region had had cause to release water from the Boerasirie Conservancy some time ago due to excessive rainfall which caused it to become too high. The action, Faerber said, had affected a few farmers in the neighbouring environs but not to a large extent where they were severe damages.
“Some had minimal damages but the Ministry of Agriculture is looking at that to probably assist them with seed and planting materials.”
A few additional areas, the Regional Chairman said, were also affected by flooding situations but not for extended periods. He explained that efforts by the Region to ensure that drainage works were undertaken saw waters receding at a relatively fast rate.
“There were flooding situations that lasted for about 72 hours at the most but soon after the water receded and that was because we did our part to clean the drains and canals…”
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