Sol gets $409M contract to supply bitumen

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Before and after: The main access road to North Annandale has been resurfaced to ensure proper access to over 200 residential homes in the community, according to the Public Infrastructure Ministry. The Ministry said the double bituminous surface treatment road was rehabilitated by construction company K.B&B at a cost of $4.3M and it was completed a few weeks ago. (Public Infrastructure Ministry photo)
Before and after: The main access road to North Annandale has been resurfaced to ensure proper access to over 200 residential homes in the community, according to the Public Infrastructure Ministry. The Ministry said the double bituminous surface treatment road was rehabilitated by construction company K.B&B at a cost of $4.3M and it was completed a few weeks ago. (Public Infrastructure Ministry photo)

Sol Guyana Inc. has been granted a more than $409M contract by the Guyana Government to provide over a million litres of bitumen to the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation’s asphaltic plant at Garden of Eden.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon, at a post-cabinet press briefing yesterday, explained that this contract is expected to facilitate the production of asphalt for a number of projects undertaken by Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

The minister noted that it could be observed that works are already