Year end start to alternative East Bank highway likely - Ramotar

Year end start to alternative East Bank highway likely – Ramotar

Jun 26, 2014 News

While he heartily congratulated the Private Sector Commission yesterday for its resolute positions on several issues of

President
Donald Ramotar

nationalistic importance, President Donald Ramotar also seized the opportunity to disclose Government’s plans to proceed with two major road projects.
The President was at the time delivering his address at the 21st Annual General Meeting of the Commission at the Pegasus Hotel.
President Ramotar noted that even though there is a political opposition which believes that its primary purpose is to obstruct every developmental project, the government he said, is still making progress.
“We are still pursuing some projects of the past and to improve efficiency and transport we need another road going towards the airport area.
“Right now, a feasibility study is being done for that and I am looking forward to it. Once that is positive, we will begin construction by the end of the year,” the President said.
This revelation was met with much applause by the attentive audience.
He added, “We are also looking at another crossing over the Demerara River. Only today we received the credentials of the new Brazilian Ambassador and we continued discussions to look at our road going down to the south of our country and to link that up with a deep water harbour.”