Work begins on a new Buxton market on the East Coast of Demerara after the sod is turned for a planned $388 million project. Local media report that the initiative is part of a wider effort by the government to modernise markets across the country and provide improved commercial facilities for communities.
Both outlets state that the project is scheduled to be a two-storey market designed to accommodate more than 100 vendors. The construction is intended to revitalise commerce in Buxton by replacing or upgrading existing market infrastructure with facilities that better meet vendor and resident needs.
Kaieteur News adds that the work follows a visit by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Priya Manickchand in September 2025, when she identified an urgent need for intervention. Guyana Chronicle describes the sod-turning as occurring on Wednesday and frames the start of construction as the beginning of the redevelopment effort.
The reported information is focused on the project’s start, cost, location, and intended purpose of expanding and modernising vendor space at Buxton.
