The section of the East Bank four lane extension contracted to BK International ought to be finished by next March as long as weather conditions remain favourable, says BK Project Manager Julian Archer.
BK was awarded the contract for Lot Three of the project—a section which stretches from Little Diamond to the Diamond Intersection.
Since the commencement of work earlier this year, the project has suffered several setbacks, including adverse weather conditions, and the slow removal and relocation of GT&T, GPL and GWI infrastructural components. These and other impediments had greatly stymied progress on all three lots and earlier this year Manager of the Works Ministry’s Roads and Bridges Department, Ron Rahaman, had disclosed that Lot Three was only about 15% complete. The majority of the utilities-related issues have since been resolved however, and Rahaman said that the project is moving apace.
Archer told Stabroek News yesterday that working hours have been extended and he insisted that this measure coupled with the
