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New East Bank B’ce road not likely until next year

Sep 30, 2012 News

 

 

…85 per cent completed on Black Bush Polder thoroughfare

By Leon Suseran

Residents and taxi drivers along the East Bank of Berbice are not likely to have a new road until next year. This was revealed by Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, during a press conference at his office last Friday.
“It is hardly likely that they will have a new road by the end of the year,” Armogan told the media. He added that while the administration sees the venture as a “possible” one, “my understanding is that Cabinet is in the process or has already gotten almost US$7M from a negotiated loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to do that road project”.
Armogan did not want to commit that the project would come on stream before year- end or in January.
“I cannot make a definitive decision or pronounce definitely on that, but what I can tell you is that funds have been sourced and maybe, but you know IDB has all these little things you’ve got to satisfy, so although the funds are sourced, you’ve got to tender, then it’s back to the IDB, then to the bank to show what you will be doing and the benefits of the road and so on; and all these things have got to be done so hopefully sometime next year that road project should take off.”
The Chairman revealed, too, that the Region had $10M in its budget to do remedial works on the road, “so we have given Ministry of Public Works that $10M… so that money, together with what Public Works put into it, was able to do some preliminary works on that road”. Armogan noted that he visited the location recently and people seem to be “reasonably comfortable” at the moment, with the conditions of the East Bank Berbice (EBB) Public Road.
The US$7M will do the road in a major way, he asserted, up to Lighttown Village, and other phases will take it further along the EBB corridor.
The 25-mile stretch of roadway has been in the spotlight for its deteriorated, pot-holed state for years. The road was shut down on several occasions by hire-car operators and angry residents. Several vehicles, including estate trucks, were stuck in huge craters along the road over the past few months, renewing calls and cries for a new thoroughfare.
The EBB roadway is one of the poorest in the country. Only upon traversing the road or area does one get a true understanding of the scope and extent of its deterioration over the years. Countless remedial works have been performed, with huge sums of monies spent, but these were ineffective.
Black Bush Polder Road
Meanwhile, Armogan revealed that 85 per cent of the Black Bush Polder Road has been completed, but he did not speak with confidence about the November 2012 deadline, which is merely weeks away.
“BK International is progressing nicely there in Black Bush Polder, but they still have another 15 per cent of work or so to complete and based on my own visits to Black Bush Polder, which I do every fortnight, I don’t know if there might be need for a further extension of a month or so.”
The Black Bush Polder Road should have been completed months ago, but the contractor, BK International, had requested more time from the Government to complete the agri-based community road on the Corentyne.
The US$6.6M project has seen several delays.

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