President Irfaan Ali says the government is working towards playing a greater role in the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) to reduce the tolls for the benefit of citizens.
At the sod-turning ceremony for the New Amsterdam Hospital on Sunday, he said: “We are in the process at the policy level of formulating a plan to work with the investors in the Berbice Bridge to have the government play a greater role because now we have to carry the maintenance cost, and all of this is aimed to make it much, much easier and cheaper for you to cross the Berbice River.”
Berbicians and people accessing the county have long complained about the high toll costs with motor cars being charged $1900 to cross.
