Some $69.3 million will be expended through the Ministry of Public Works for the upgrade of the Leonora Market Old Road i n Region Three.
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, during a community engagement at Kowsilla Park, Leonora on Wednesday said, “This is designed to bring everybody [vendors] who is selling at the front inside, so this thing with people at the back suffering and they’re the ones who got to pay and so, it got to come to an end.”
The asphaltic concrete road will span approximately 343 metres in length and will feature a tarmac, which will mitigate vending on the access road.
Wednesday’s meeting followed a recent visit to the region by President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. Since the president’s visit, the ministry has engaged officials of the mandir that oversees an abandoned building nearby, which will house vendors during the road construction.
An Interim Management Committee is also expected to be established for the market soon.
