President and team takes first hand look at new housing scheme at EBD

East Bank Demarara : President Donald Ramotar along with of Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, last evening visited housing and infrastructure developments in the Green Acres and Eccles Housing Schemes, both on the East Bank Demerara (EBD).

The President said, “this East Bank corridor is growing very fast and the demand for more and more houses is very high and because of that there is a big accumulation of accumulation of traffic.”
The president said that the areas will aid in creating new transportation avenues to and from the East Bank to Georgetown.
The EBD road is also being expanded from Providence to Diamond, to ease congestion created due to the increase in the housing population as a result of the new housing schemes at Diamond and Grove.