East Bank Demerara – Minister of Housing and Water Irfan Ali said when the Government made a supplementary budgetary provision last month, it was for the expediting the East Bank Development infrastructure project.
According to Minister Ali, some of the money was spent on the purchase of land from GuySuCo and the rest is being spent on the development of infrastructural works.
He said 1000 house lots will be develop in an area stretching from behind Eccles to Providence. The second phase will see the completion of the area’s main access road currently at the design phase.
There is also a special area to be developed for remigrants, which falls immediately after the commercial Zone to the East Bank Public Road. Minister Ali said that all this development is to run simultaneously with the expansion of the East Bank corridor.
