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Saffon Street to reopen to traffic next week

Jun 04, 2011 News

After being closed for several months to accommodate the widening and reconstruction of the bridge on Saffon Street, Georgetown, the stretch would be opened to traffic mid next week, says Sunil Ganesh, Bridges Engineer of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.
However, the project is not yet completed. Contractor, R. Bassoo and Son, would have to apply asphalted finish to the concrete structure and install jersey traffic barriers.
Currently the contractor is installing pre-cast, pre-stress, and post tension concrete slabs. This is a new technique that is being employed rather than the traditional method of cast in place. Ganesh noted that this method saves time and is more cost effective in construction works.
The project commenced in January and was expected to conclude in May but owing to heavy rainfall the deadline was shifted to the second week in June.
The project is being undertaken at a cost of US$350,000 and comes under the Ministry’s Transport Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme which seeks to enhance 25 bridges and culverts from Timehri to Rosginol.
According to Ganesh this project was necessary since, “Most of the structures had reached their designed life and there was a need to increase the hydraulic capacity to them and also improve drainage.”

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