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Close to $1B to construct farm-to-market roads in Reg. 3 communities
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to spend close to $1 billion from its budgetary allocation to construct farm-to-market roads in several farming communities across Region Three.
According to an invitation for bids, the construction of farm-to-market access roads will be done at Cameron Dam in No. 2 Canal, West Bank Demerara for an estimated $114,340,776; at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, for an estimated $298,194,372, and at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo for $251,704,278.
Additionally, farm to market access road will be built at Moor Farm on Wakenaam Island for an estimated $137,385,098, and at Henrietta to Goodman Freetown on Leguan Island for $145,284,195.
The roads will be constructed through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, for which $81 billion was approved for the 2026 national budget.
The tender notice stated that these and other projects are expected to open on April 7, 2026 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration office.
Having undertaken similar road projects in other communities, it was reported that the construction of the farm-to-market roads are geared at improving access to farmlands, an issue raised by farmers.
The construction of these roads is also aimed at reducing the cost of transportation, increasing efficiency, and reducing spoilage of produce.
The Department of Public Information reported last year, that some $50 billion was set aside to transform the farm-to-market access dams into all-weather roads in Region Three.
The report stated that despite distributing over 1,000 agricultural leases in Region Three over the last four years, farmers remained affected by a lack of productive lands, underutilised existing lands and high production costs due to inaccessibility.
Addressing this issue, President Irfaan Ali had noted that the government was conducting an audit of all the farm-to-market access dams in Region Three and would put aside massive resources to transform the dams.
“We are going to set aside $50 billion [in the initial phase] to [transform] all of those farms to market access dams – into all-weather, hard surface roads,” the article quoted the president.
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