Residents welcome upgrade to road network in No.77, 76 villages
Residents of No.76 and No.77 villages in Region Six have lauded the multi-million-dollar upgrade to the road network in their communities.
A total of 3,140 metres of road is being undertaken in No.77 by Rajendra Ramcharitar Contracting Enterprise at a cost of $170 million. Over at No.76, 5,005 meters of road is being executed by Associated Contracting Service at a cost of $268 million.
On Saturday, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill inspected the projects.
Roland Wright of No.76 Village, said he is pleased with the quality of work being done in the community. He said the road has been in a deplorable condition for over 12 years.
“Before it was like this it was terrible, because was bare potholes and it was not easy holes, it was terrible holes. I am a tailor in the area, so every time the people come to me, they would say tailor, I will not be able to come in back because the road bad… but right now how the government is doing the road here it is wonderful,” Wright explained.
Bibi Ali of No.77 also expressed similar sentiments. Ali explained that, “it was so bad that the taxis did not want to bring you in, so if you do not have your personal transportation is either you left to die but this here now is more than what we asked for and I am very thankful for this.”
Addressing residents, Minister Edghill said the upgrades in the communities are a commitment being fulfilled by government.
“In the run up to the 2020 elections, I walked all these streets knocked on your doors and asked you for your vote. So, I am happy that we are in government and I have come back now to see how you are benefitting from your government working for you.”
Both projects have a six-month deadline of June 30. However, both projects are ahead of schedule and are on course to be completed within a couple of weeks.
“We are saying to all the contractors even though you have all this time to finish the work, the faster you finish, the better for the people and then they could bid to do work in other areas,” Minister Edghill said.