Georgetown – Finance Minister in presenting the country’s largest budget of $161.4B, allocated $10.1 billion for roads and bridges of which $8.2 billion will be spent on roads and $1.9 billion on bridges.
The sum of $1.7 billion has been budgeted this year for the completion of 34.5 kilometres of all weather roads in the Black Bush Polder area also 19 kilometres of roads in Canje areas.
Dr. Singh said to reduce transportation costs and ease traffic congestion, $1.6 billion for the rehabilitation and improvement of Sheriff Street to Mandela road, access road t o the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the continuation of the four lane highway from Providence to Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara.
