Planned $2B bridge expected to ease congestion, create jobs for Lindeners

The Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge

The proposed $2 billion bridge across the Demerara River at Linden will replace the current shoddy one linking Wismar to Mackenzie and the news of the project has received a resounding welcome from residents.

In addition to easing traffic congestion that occurs along the current bridge—due to it being capable of only facilitating one lane of traffic at a time—Lindeners also hope that the new project will provide needed jobs for the community.

“The bridge is very much needed because the existing one has been around for ages and had its last upgrade in 2010,” Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland told Stabroek News yesterday.