Ministry faces steep cost for Hope Bridge work

Crossing the Hope Canal Bridge

With an approach slab to the $350 million Hope Canal Bridge rotating away from it, the government faces a significant repair bill as questions mount over how the defects liability period expired without the contractor, Dipcon of Trinidad being asked to remedy the problem.

The East Coast Demerara bridge, part of a huge drainage project, was commissioned on February 15, 2014 amid much fanfare by then president Donald Ramotar.

In recent months, a particular approach to the bridge has settled