The World Bank says it has ap­proved a new project to sup­port Guyana in up­grad­ing and re­ha­bil­i­tat­ing the coun­try’s road in­fra­struc­ture.

It said the US$156 mil­lion In­te­grat­ed Trans­port Cor­ri­dors Project will fo­cus on en­hanc­ing Guyana’s trans­port net­work in se­lect­ed re­gions, en­sur­ing it is bet­ter equipped to with­stand nat­ur­al haz­ards and pro­vide safer, more re­li­able mo­bil­i­ty for peo­ple.

“Guyana’s rapid eco­nom­ic ex­pan­sion places in­creas­ing pres­sure on in­fra­struc­ture, while the grow­ing risks from nat­ur­al haz­ards, such as flood­ing and storms, fur­ther chal­lenge the coun­try’s sys­tems.