Diamond-Ogle road to commence before year end- Indian High Commissioner

Diamond-Ogle road to commence before year end– Indian High Commissioner

Mar 25, 2017 News

The construction of the road from Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) to Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD) will commence before year end, according to the Indian High Commissioner, V. Mahalingam during a recent interview.
Guyana and India, in March 2016, inked a US$50M loan agreement for the road project which would bypass Georgetown which is suffering from increasing traffic congestion.
“The agreement has been signed and we are in the process of identifying the project monitoring consultancy and once this is done, the final study will be done and technical specification will be chosen,” the Indian High Commissioner related.
According to Mahalingam, once the technical specifications are chosen, companies from India can tender.
Kaieteur News understands that the road is expected to have four lanes with two of the lanes fully paved.
The Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson had explained that the implementation processes will begin soon.
He noted that as part of the loan agreement, the contractor will come from India. However, jobs will be created for locals in every sphere, from sub-contractors for the building of the road, to labourers.
In 2015, it was announced that New Delhi would grant a Line of Credit (LoC) of US$50 million to Guyana for the East Bank Demerara-East Coast Demerara road Link Project. The announcement was made during then President Donald Ramotar’s six-day official visit to India.

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