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M&CC to spend $9M on construction of city bridges
About $9 M will be expended within the next month by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) to construct 15 bridges in the city.
And according to Deputy Mayor Robert Williams, construction of several of the bridges have already commenced.
Deputy Mayor Robert Williams, City Treasurer Andrew Meredith and Deputy From left: City Engineer Lloyd Alleyne inspect one of the Sussex Street bridges
He disclosed that funding for the bridges was sourced from the 2008 subvention which was afforded the municipality from Central Government.
However the works only commenced recently due to the tender process, which allowed for the most affordable contractors to be selected.
The contracts for the construction of the bridges were awarded to three companies, namely, T. Barrs Enterprise, G. R. Bovell Construction Company and V. I. Graham Construction Company.
Contracts for the works were signed on December 20 last, and according to Williams it is expected that each bridge will cost at least $500,000.
Bridges will be constructed along Sussex Street and as linkages between Laing Avenue and West Ruimveldt.
Williams disclosed to this newspaper that the commencement of the construction works was delayed to some extent, since the contractors had to source the appropriate lengths of timber which are normally not readily available.
The material was eventually sourced from a lumber outlet on the Essequibo Coast.
Yesterday the Deputy Mayor in the company of Deputy City Engineer, Lloyd Alleyne, inspected the ongoing works along Sussex Street to ensure that they were being done in compliance with the specifications of the contract.
According to Alleyne the works are progressing satisfactorily, but he noted that some remedial work will have to be carried out on some of the structures.
He added that the approaches and the painting of the bridge rails will be undertaken by the municipality, even as he noted that every effort will be engaged to ensure that the bridges are utilised for the purpose they were intended.
Alleyne said that persons of the respective communities where the bridges will be located will be warned not to sit on the bridge rails, even as he speculated about the possibility of wrapping barbed wire around the rails.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Mayor is urging residents to desist from dumping waste near or in the Sussex Street canal, which up to yesterday was in a relatively clean condition.
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