A $350m bridge at Hope for the canal which will help to relieve flood pressure on the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) was commissioned on Saturday.
The bridge is one of four components of a massive $3.6b project orchestrated in the aftermath of the Great Flood of 2005. The other three parts are still to be completed despite several deadlines.
The project has four components: the Northern Relief channel which on completion will be 10.3km in length, from the sea defence embankment and extending to the EDWC, a high level outfall sluice, a conservancy head regulator and the public bridge.
The Government Information Agency said that at the inauguration ceremony,
