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Nov 03, 2015 News
Persons living in the Timehri North area will benefit from better access to potable water and paved access roads in the near future.
The announcement was made by David Patterson, Minister of Public Infrastructure, at Timehri North’s first Community Day on Saturday in what is known as the Bourne Area.
Organized by an action group, the Community Day was intended to foster better relationships among the more than 300 residents living in the area.
According to a statement from the ministry, Patterson lamented on the fact that prior to the May 11 General Election there was the ominous threat to remove a number of residents for ‘squatting’ on Government’s land.
“You were here for more than 23 years, given some assistance for political mileage and then were threaten to be uprooted without any concrete plans for relocation. Well I am pleased to say that the APNU/AFC Administration will be creating a housing scheme within this same community to relocate the 15 homes that are in the pathway of the airport runway expansion project,” the Minister disclosed.
At the Minister’s last joint press conference, Patterson had shown reporters the designated area to relocate the residents.
Meanwhile, recognizing that most of the community depends on a small stream for potable water, the Public Infrastructure Minister said he will take up the matter with Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities. The residents recommend several standpipes be installed at strategic locations to alleviate the situation.
Further, the community’s main access road will be paved.
The Minister also encouraged the residents to become regularized and secure their land titles. “You have all worked hard, get your titles from the Communities Ministry so that you can use it as collateral…get together and start thinking as a team on ways to boost community development,” the Minister charged.
In another few weeks, the Minister is scheduled to return to the community to interact with residents.
The community is located just north of the current airport terminal building and under the US$150M Chinese-funded expansion program, it was the plan of the previous Government to clear the areas of homes that had been there for over two decades.
However, residents had resisted the attempts with the issue become a major one for Timehri during the recent elections.
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