Crucial Harbour Bridge repair works underway

One of the pivots to be replaced on the eastern end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (Photo by Arian Browne)

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) will over the weekend be carrying out urgent works to replace the pivots at each end of the bridge in what is a self-executed $5 million operation.

General Manager of the DHB Rawlston Adams yesterday assured that the disruption to traffic is expected to be minimal because of the arrangements to be put in place – to restrict only heavily laden trucks which would require a special crossing, where only a single vehicle is allowed to cross at a time.

At the press conference yesterday, Adams spoke of the need to carry out repairs to sections of the