Contract awarded for two bridges at Hope Estate

One of the bridges

A contract was yesterday signed between General Manager of Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) (Hope Estate), Ricky opchand and Ivor Allen for two bridges to the tune of $2.6M.

The contract which will be completed over a 30-day period, will see the reconstruction of the two existing bridges at the Estate, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture said.

According to the General Manager, the works form part of the Estate’s improvement of infrastructure.  “The current existing bridges were neglected over the years, as a result of both poor maintenance and financial constraints”, Roopchand said.