Min Edghill rubbishes APNU+AFC’s false rhetoric about Guyana’s infrastructural boom

─ says opposition will struggle to match government’s energy

As day four of the 2025 budget debates got underway in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill rubbished several false claims uttered by the opposition concerning Guyana’s infrastructural transformation.

Minister Edghill said many roads are being repaired or have already been completed in nearly every region.

This overarching approach by the government addresses long-standing issues that were overlooked by the previous APNU+AFC government.

The public works minister said almost every roadway in Kwakwani and Ituni is under construction, with many already completed. Similarly, in Linden, 505 contractors are actively rehabilitating roads.

In New Amsterdam, over 100 contractors are engaged in road construction, ensuring critical infrastructure is not just planned but executed.

In Georgetown and other parts of Region Four, 947 contractors are working on road development, with several projects already completed.

The minister said along the East Coast of Demerara alone, some 300 roads are under construction.

In Region Two, 171 contractors are actively engaged in infrastructure development.

The ministry’s Special Projects Unit (SPU) has already completed roadworks in Onderneeming and other areas.

From 2020 to 2024, the government successfully completed 4,322 kilometres (km) of road upgrades and 2,583 km of sea and river defences were improved.