The installation of an arch at Cummings Lodge on the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yesterday morning was deferred to 6 pm after it resulted in chaos for thousands of commuters, some of whom were delayed for as long as three hours.
The arch, a gift to the country from Trinidadian conglomerate ANSA McAl is being installed by Industrial Fabrication (InFab).
The Rupert Craig High-way was scheduled for closure from the University of Guyana access road to the Ogle Airstrip Road from 9 am until midnight yesterday to allow for the installation of the arch. But this closure, compounded by another at Liliendaal for major bridge repairs, occasioned long lines of traffic that were only able to move at a snail’s pace. Thus the road was reopened around 2 pm yesterday, with an abject mea culpa from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. When Stabroek News visited the Rupert Craig Highway around 3.30 pm traffic was flowing once again.
