$1B for infrastructural development in Region Two
−under housing ministry’s 2022 work programme
The Ministry of Housing’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), will be expending $1 billion on infrastructural development in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) in 2022.
This was announced by CH&PA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sherwyn Greaves.
Greaves is leading an outreach to Charity, Anna Regina and Suddie on the Essequibo Coast, to address housing related matters.
The CEO said that the sum is part of the ministry’s 2022 work programme and will see a number of areas benefitting from road works, streetlights and the acquisition of lands for house lot allocations. Areas to benefit included Lima Sands, Henrietta, Charity and Onderneeming.
Recently, the ministry signed a $100 million contract to commence preparatory infrastructural works in the Charity and Onderneeming housing schemes.
The projects, Greaves noted, are testament to the government’s commitment to the development of the housing sector, by ensuring citizens are not only provided with a plot of land, but that all the necessary amenities are in place to create sustainable communities.
The ministry is also working to address age-old land issues that have been hindering housing development on the Essequibo Coast.
Greaves said, “we recognise the importance of homeownership and the importance of having a document that says this is your land. We have a commitment to this region and while we are working to address the many land issues, we are also working to ensure the necessary infrastructure are in place.”
Further, $10 million has been set aside to rehabilitate and furnish a building identified for the regional housing office in Anna Regina.
Technical officers of the CH&PA were on site to address a number of issues pertaining to allocations, land dispute and squatting. A number of residents also benefitted from on-the-spot housing allocations based on individual needs.
Over 700 persons have thus far received house lots in Charity and Onderneeming in 2021, as part of the government’s target to deliver 50,000 house lots to Guyanese- 10,000 annually, by the end of its first term in office.