Representatives of the Government of Grenada and the Peoples Republic of China have officially signed the Supplementary Engineering Design Contract for the, first phase low- income Housing Project.
The Supplementary Engineering Design Contract was signed by the Minister for Housing, Lands and Community Development and the Chinese resident ambassador H.E Zhang Wanhai on Wednesday 27th May, 2009.
It begins the process of designing and implementing the Master Plan for the construction of the low in-come houses at Soubise, St.Andrew, Frequente and Mt.Gay, St.George.
The surveys and design fees will be settled through the gratuitous aid programme in the Economic and Technical Co-operation Agreement signed in 2005.
The first phase of construction will entail the construction of 361 houses which should begin by the last Quarter of 2009.