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Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue expansion… GPL, GTT awarded $50M in contracts for relocation of utilities

Mar 18, 2017 News

In the past, the timely relocation of utilities had proven to be a major stumbling block in Government projects being carried out on time. This was one of the reasons for the completion date of the East Bank Demerara Road Expansion Project – and other projects being delayed.
The Government is seemingly trying a different approach, since contracts in the sum of $50,095,649 have been awarded to local companies for the relocation of utilities to pave the way for the expansion of the multibillion-dollar Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue Road Expansion Project.
The Sheriff Street–Mandela Avenue Project is being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. The contract was signed on March 15, 2013.
The scope of works for the Sheriff Street into Mandela Avenue road corridor includes asphaltic pavement, road safety, upgrading traffic intersection signals at each of the major road junctions, and traffic and drainage improvement works.
There is also expected to be structural works to bridges, culverts and other supporting infrastructure.
Pavement works will include the construction of a two-lane roadway with a median partitioning the two lanes along Sheriff Street.
The first section of Mandela Avenue will involve expansion from a two-lane to a four-lane roadway with a median in the centre, while the second section will consist of three lanes.
During the Post-Cabinet Press Briefing yesterday at the Ministry of the Presidency, Georgetown, Minister of State Joseph Harmon revealed that a contract in the sum of $27,841,000 was awarded to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) for the relocation of telephone utilities.
For the electricity utilities relocation, a contract in the sum of $22,254,649 awarded to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).
“These works are preliminary to the expansion and the extension of Mandela Avenue/Sheriff Street.” Harmon noted.
Meanwhile, the awarding of these contracts would come days after contractors vied for a component (Lot Four) of the project during the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) earlier this week.
The engineer’s estimate was announced at $5.3M.
Among the bidders, was Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited – a Jamaican company which is currently part of a joint venture with local contractor – BK International Incorporated – carrying out works on the US$42M West Demerara Road Expansion Project.
Kares Engineering Incorporated, which found itself in hot water after one of its creations – the $1B Kato Secondary School – began experiencing structural defects, was also among the bidders.
Earlier this year, the initiative had its project re-scope completed following protracted delays and back in July 2016, the NPTAB received five bids for the project.
The engineer’s estimate back then was announced at US$36.4M.

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