Work on the approach road to the Berbice River Bridge is continuing apace with the laying of asphalt on the right-hand side last week, linking it to the left.
The project is being undertaken by the Dipcon Contracting Company and is expected to be completed in April and the contractors are confident that the deadline would be met, though sources said it was slightly behind schedule.
Berbice Bridge approach road
An official told this newspaper that delays were caused by the difficulty encountered in sourcing materials for the job. The official said the suppliers would promise to deliver the materials and preparation would be made to receive them, but they were not reliable.
A source pointed out that the road was operable since the December 23 opening of the bridge and also blamed that somewhat for the delay.
“If they had not forced the opening of the bridge we would have been able to complete a lot of work because sometimes we would have the materials but cannot do much because of the traffic,” he said.
He stated that in the rush to finish the bridge the design was changed and temporary work – which still needs to be corrected – had to be done. The junction at the Palmyra end also has to be widened. The contractors are also currently carrying work on the New Amsterdam/ Molsen Creek highway.
Check how this compares to the Takatu bridge access road:
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Have to be paved and street lights installed to make a really beautiful access road.
As i’ve said before the bridge should’ve never been opened, because all facets weren’t ready, and it was opened to show that the govt is able to deliver to the berbice people.
another instance of the putting the cart before the horse, in this case is should be jackass.
please build proper all weather road.make a tourist attraction site.put lights ,billboards,etc.
i leave guyana about six months ago and i would love to see the bridge its good and and bad in a way i hope people make good use of it instead of distroying it
before i migrate to the states it was almost finish, my mom do not live too far from it so in evening we would walk and go there to see it.It was so cool i wish if i could be there to see it,the berbicans should really be thankful and gave god praise for what they recive.