Water taxis make night-time trips after harbour bridge closure

Clive Clarke

By Lakhram Bhagirat
and Zoisa Fraser

Water taxis with installed navigation lights were operating last night to transport commuters between the city and the West Demerara, after the temporary closure of the harbour bridge saw chaos at both sides of the Demerara River.

The Maritime Administra-tion (MARAD) granted permission for vessels to install navigation lights so that they could operate on a 24-hour basis, the Government Infor-mation Agency (GINA) announced last evening, after hours of mayhem at the Georgetown ferry stelling, as thousands of commuters fought to get speedboats to take them to the West Demerara.

A small section of the Demerara Harbour Bridge sank early yesterday morning, after the jaws of one of the piers supporting two temporary pontoons at the structure broke. Emergency works were