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“Contractor, Cost and Deadline” for Cemetery Road bridge will be given

May 14, 2012 News

 

 

–    Government engineer

Senior Government Engineer Walter Willis has promised to disclose the cost of works which are being done on the dilapidated bridge at Cemetery Road. Repair works commenced last week, just days after 16-year-old Elbert Thorne died when the vehicle he was in veered off the bridge and into the canal last Saturday.
Willis told Kaieteur News that the cost of the repairs, the contract and the deadline for the completion of works will be known after a meeting tomorrow. According to Willis the meeting will be between himself, the Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn and other Ministry officials.
On Wednesday, Willis had told Kaieteur News that selected contractors from the Ministry of Public Works had already submitted bids. He explained that the new bridge will be constructed with reinforced concrete with steel decks and plates.
Meanwhile, relatives of the dead teenager yesterday said that they are to meet with a lawyer on Tuesday to further explore legal avenues. Relatives are of the opinion that the incident could have been prevented if the relevant authorities had looked after the bridge.
The lad succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation shortly after midnight last week Sunday. Kaieteur News understands that he had sustained head injuries, and water had entered his lungs after he was trapped in the submerged car for several minutes.
The tragedy occurred after the car in which the mother and son were passengers veered off the decrepit bridge and toppled into a canal.
The mother, Alma Thorne and the driver managed to scramble to safety but Elbert Thorne, a former student of Kingston Community High School and Zenon Academy, was trapped in the overturned vehicle for several minutes.  An eyewitness had indicated that the driver suffered a blowout and lost control after accidentally driving into one of the large holes on the bridge.
Prior to this, US-based Guyanese Christopher Giles almost perished after his vehicle also toppled off the same bridge. He managed to unbuckle his seat-belt and crawl through the driver’s window.

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