Cummings Electrical is in the process of installing 181 more streetlights along the populated villages between No.12 Village and Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice.
Section of the streetlights being installed at W.C.B.
Nigel Erskine, Traffic/Road Safety Engineer of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications made this announcement yesterday.
The contract for the erection of the streetlights was awarded in mid April at a cost of approximately $29M.
Erskine said that the project is 50 per cent complete and is expected to conclude by this month-end.
The scope of the works involves the installation of timber poles with 250-watt photocells on nine-foot arms. The poles are 30 feet high and are placed 50 feet apart.