Kudos to the housing sector for its achievements

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Dear Editor,
The housing sector is truly well entrenched in the realm of Guyana’s development. The word from the minister in charge says that, “We’re going to expand our partnership with young middle and low income young earners… young working persons… that is how we’re going to approach 2013.” This is the way to go.
This commitment came in relation to the housing development project along the East Bank of Demerara. This particular housing scheme comprises a semi-gated community within the wider Eccles Housing scheme; it actually comprises the plan for some 40, 1200-square-foot houses. It is really a good way to enhance the quality of life for so many more Guyanese. If indeed there can be an August completion, then so much the better.
Let us not make the mistake of offering up new homes, thereby starting new communities, and not cater for complete development. I speak in this case for the planning and construction of good roads. We all know that infrastructure and property trends go hand in hand. Currently the entire East Bank of Demerara is very much over-populated with traffic.
The four-way lane is a great happening, but this must not be all. The recent report that detailed the area to be most hostile, in terms of traffic and people, must be taken into account. Things like speed limits, traffic lights, use of medians and even deployment of traffic officers must already be in mind. We must not allow the explosion of activity and traffic to descend unprepared.
We have time and personnel and we must plan before hand. A complaint that is most prominent in new housing schemes is that of the level of the plot. Many have said that they had to do extra filling up. This, if it is so, can be very time consuming and on many occasions, it leaves the community in a mess and quite a few pot holes.
Maybe government can consider a few extra inches of land filling before lot distribution. If indeed a second highway aback the East Bank area can be constructed, the battle for front allocation will be minimised. This is something worth pushing too.
Yours faithfully,
Bharrat Omadatt

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