The Ministry of Housing and Community Development is preparing to relocate ten households from the River Road Informal Settlement to the Millennium Lease area. These houses which are currently situated on the drain reserve restricts the ability of the Ministry of Waterways to carry out regular drain maintenance and upgrades in the River Road area.
A series of consultations have been carried out with the households since July 2020, however the relocation was put on hold in April of this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In September 2021, the Ministry granted formal approval to these ten families to build new homes in the Millennium development lease area.
As of today, five families have cleared land to prepare for construction while two more families have already commenced building their homes.
All the ten households have also been granted consent to apply for water and electricity connections for their new homes.
The Ministry will be working closely with these ten families during the relocation.