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La Parfaite Harmonie access road will aid production, productivity – Ramotar

Sep 07, 2014 News

Speaking at yesterday’s commissioning of the $604M La Parfaite Harmonie access road, President Donald Ramotar said that he is confident the new highway will aid in increased production and productivity.
“It will not only help to make commuting more convenient, people will be less tired, and will get to work on time and will be more productive,” President Ramotar said.
He said that persons who were allocated house lots in the area, approached him on several occasions to ask if they can be allocated house lots elsewhere because of the question of roads and transportation to get to Georgetown.
“But because this area is developing so rapidly, this road will almost make you feel like you are living directly in Georgetown because the time that you will take to get to your destination, will be cut tremendously,” the President said.
He added that the government is at the initial stage of conducting a study for the construction of another bridge across the Demerara River.
He touched on the impediment of the lack of cheap energy in Guyana. “We want to transform some of our raw materials into finished products; we want to turn our agriculture, instead of just being agriculture products to being agro-industrial products where we can add value to them, create jobs and earn much more money in the process.”

The President said that the government will continue to push for the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and added that even now, some big companies that are coming into Guyana are beginning to want to import Liquid Natural Gas to cut down on the cost of electricity.
With cheap electricity, citizens will be able to not only have more reliable power but also, it will stimulate industrial development, with jobs created to continue developing Guyana.
The President said experts say that due to the speed at which Guyana’s economy is developing, even when the hydro-power station is built, because it is expected to stimulate a lot of activities and development, Guyana will exhaust the function of the project quickly.
“Even while we are constructing it, we will have to start thinking of expanding it and that is why we are working with the Brazilians.
“Moreover, with the advent of hydro-power, not only will we be able to save the annual $9 billion in electricity subsidy but citizens of Guyana will also be able to save on light bill. (GINA)

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