Govt. contemplates road from Parika to Bartica

Nov 28, 2018 News

… and a list of feasibility studies

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, announced the government’s intention to build a road corridor linking Parika and Bartica, during his budget speech on Monday last.
Jordan said that Bartica will be a prime investment spot in the future. It has the capacity to link the coast to the hinterland region. He said that Bartica should become a “self-sufficient enterprise” and a prime territory for business.
In anticipation of this, Jordan said that the government is in talks with international financiers and development partners for the construction of an all-weather transportation road corridor from Parika to Bartica.
The project is expected to be executed in three main phases: Parika to Goshen, Goshen to Monkey Jump, and Monkey Jump to Bartica.
The works that the government had undertaken to fortify the 30km of roads on the West Coast of Demerara Highway Road Improvement Project, made way for more work to be done on this pathway between Georgetown and the Hinterland.
The Minister announced a feasibility and design study to be done in 2019 for the upgrade of the Parika Stelling to a modern, marine, transport hub. Jordan also mentioned plans for road linkage between East Bank Essequibo to the West Bank of Demerara and to port Georgetown, by way of a Goshen to Free n Easy linkage as part of the planned Parika-Bartica corridor project.
The government also has plans to give the coast a link to Brazil, by way of a super highway. Jordan announced plans to construct about 6km of paved roads between Wisroc and Mile Zero, then the commencement of a feasibility study for 125km of road from Linden to Mabura, as well as a bridge across the Kurupukari River.
The minister said that this highway will stimulate business and eco-tourism opportunities, and form a commercial link with Northern Brazil. The government is currently in talks with the government of Brazil on the construction of the Mabura-Lethem road.
Yet another feasibility study is also slated for 2019, on the expansion of the Lethem Aerodrome to a regional airport.
$134M has been allocated to study the design of a rehabilitation project on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The government also intends to prioritise the East Bank/East Coast linkage project, so that it could create an alternative route from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to the Eugene Correia International Airport.
The original estimate for this bypass, a few years ago, was $50M, and that funding was secured. However, Jordan said that the bypass is now projected to cost some $70M more.
In total, the government has allocated $38.5B to expand and maintain Guyana’s infrastructure, with 71.9% to go to upgrading or adding to capital stock, while the remainder will go to maintenance and repairs. The budgetary allocation for infrastructural projects amounts to about 12.8% of the total budget.
At a press conference after the reading of the budget, Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, told the media that the Parika to Bartica road was not going to happen. He said that Dr. Cheddi Jagan had proposed this (Del Conte) road since the 60s, and that the government is only creating the impression that it will happen, to lift the optimism of the Guyanese people.
Jagdeo maintained that most of the projects are only meant to give the impression that Guyana will experience significant infrastructural development. Most of these projects are not going to happen, at least not in the near future.

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