Traffic along the Friendship Public Road on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) was at a crawl most of yesterday, after a bypass close to a bridge under repair was eroded by flood waters.
The bypass, located on the western side of the roadway, was flooded as a result of a spring tide which is in effect until tomorrow. The spring tide has left several areas along the mouth of the Demerara River under inches of water for most of the past four days. Last evening, residents said that several vehicles were stuck along the bypass as sections of the temporary road feature washed away.
An official of local construction company R Bassoo and Sons, which is effecting repairs to the bridge, said employees discovered the situation when they arrived to commence work yesterday morning. The official said the area was
