Vehicular, pedestrian overpasses for East Bank road in pipeline

An overpass to divert the approximately 20,000 vehicles using the Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) intersection every day is in the pipeline and will bring much needed relief to the congested road.

“There is a serious backup of traffic at Diamond and if you’re from Diamond you would know that you would have to leave your home at 6 in the morning to reach to town early,” Project Manager at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Sunil Ganesh told Stabroek News on Thursday.

He revealed that the ministry did a traffic count, which showed that approximately