Georgetown: The Ministry of Communities will be establishing a new community at 4-Miles, Bartica, Region Seven, to satisfy the demand for housing. The community will be designed to accommodate approximately 400 house lots.
Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, recently visited Bartica to inspect ongoing projects and discuss the creation of this new community. There, he interacted with residents and Regional Officials, including the Regional Chairman, Gordon Bradford. The Central Housing and Planning Authority will be pursuing arrangements for the transfer of the 100 acres of land, needed for development of the area.
Some of the activities that will commence following the legal process are: execution of block surveys, preparation of design layouts, and design of infrastructure such as roads, drains, structures, water and electrical distribution networks.
The Ministry is planning to commence infrastructural development in January 2016 with the works to be advertised through national competitive bidding, in December of this year.
The establishment of this community comes at a time when Bartica is positioning to become a town by April 23, 2016, in keeping with the announcement made by His Excellency, President David Granger. To this end, Minister Scott intimated that the Ministry of Communities is committed to cooperating with the Regional Authorities for Bartica to achieve township status.
One area of concern that the Ministry is working assiduously to remedy is access to potable water. Currently, the Guyana Water Incorporated is improving its infrastructure to expand its delivery of water in the region. The utility company would have to further expand its infrastructure to accommodate the new housing development. The aim is to provide residents with 24-hour water supply.
Minister Scott is of the view that Bartica is a beautiful area with amazing topography. As such, developments should be done with minimal destruction of the natural beauty of the area so as to promote tourism and other sustainable economic activities.
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