Shortage of road repair materials hampering GWI’s ongoing city works

Contractors undertaking the US$10M Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme (GSIP) said the delay in restoring roads and private property damaged during the work is due to a shortage of materials, including the vital ‘Crusher Run’ stone.

On Wednesday, GWI CEO Shaik Baksh, programme managers, engineers, project contractors  Nabi and Sons Limited and supervision consultants GITEC inspected a number of the sites (roads, bridges and private property) that are due to be repaired. The team disclosed that the current country-wide shortage of road repair materials is hindering the pace at which the works can be done.

The team inspected streets that were completed after the Sewerage Delivery Main had been reinstalled, including the