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The Ministry of Public Works and Spatial Planning (OWRO) will begin implementing the nationwide asphalt paving project on Friday, November 6. The work will start on Franklinweg in Latour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

T<\/span>his was announced by Minister Stephen Tsang<\/a> on Wednesday, ahead of the meeting of the Council of Ministers (RvM). \u201cWe will start the nationwide asphalt paving project on Friday,\u201d Tsang said. According to the minister, the start of the work should have been announced earlier, but a delay arose due to a problem with a water pipe beneath Franklinweg.<\/p>\n

The Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij (SWM) first had to carry out work to resolve the problem. \u201cWe understand that the problem has been resolved,\u201d the minister said. This means the ministry can officially begin the first phase of the project on Friday.<\/p>\n

Roads in Paramaribo given priority<\/h3>\n

According to Tsang, roads in virtually all ressorten of Paramaribo will be addressed in the first phase. The districts of Wanica and Commewijne will follow afterwards. The nationwide asphalt paving project will be carried out in several phases.<\/p>\n

The minister stressed that not all roads will qualify for asphalt paving. Priority in the selection will be given to major connecting roads and neighbourhood roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not be able to asphalt<\/a> all roads, but we will give preference to connecting roads and neighbourhood roads,\u201d Tsang explained.<\/p>\n

Improving accessibility and road safety<\/h3>\n

According to the minister, improving road infrastructure is an important component of OWRO’s policy. Through the asphalt paving project, the ministry aims to improve access to residential areas and increase road safety.<\/p>\n

Special attention will be given to roads where residents and other road users experience daily inconvenience due to the poor condition of the road surface.<\/p>\n

Tsang indicated that a second and third phase will follow after the first phase. No further details were provided on the total cost of the project, the number of kilometres of road to be asphalted, or the schedule for the remaining districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nationwide asphalting project will start on Friday with work on Franklinweg in Latour, aimed at improving roads in Paramaribo, Wanica and Commewijne for better accessibility and safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":201053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1445375691985227":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307","service":"facebook","timestamp":1793995960,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16333],"tags":[26317,16291,26318,20032,26319,16352,26320,16388,16292],"class_list":["post-201050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-asphalting","tag-key-news","tag-nationwide-asphalting","tag-nieuws","tag-owro","tag-public-works","tag-roads","tag-stephen-tsang","tag-suriname"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-18-at-6.53.31-AM.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201130,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201050\/revisions\/201130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}