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Three months’ diversions expected during sewerage rehab works – GWI
Rehab works being done at Light and Fifth Streets, Alberttown, Georgetown.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is reminding commuters that as a result of the upgrades to sewerage pump stations and the installation of delivery mains around the city, traffic will be rerouted along several streets.
The utility stated that rehabilitation works and installation of delivery mains to the following streets listed below will be ongoing for the next three months: Hadfield and Smyth Streets – Pump Station S, Fort and Barrack Streets – Pump Station B, Light and Forshaw Streets – Pump Station J, New Market and Camp Streets – Pump Station G, Quamina and Camp Streets to Quamina and Waterloo Streets, New Market and Main Streets to the New Market and Waterloo Junction and Princes Street and Louisa Row.
The project is being funded under the Government of Guyana US$10 million Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme (GSIP).
According to Arshad Yacoub, Senior Engineer (GWI) “Rehabilitation works at Pump Station Z at Sussex and Saffon Streets and Pump Station V at Princes and Smyth Streets have commenced. Installation works of delivery mains at Forshaw and Peter Rose Streets to Light and Fifth Streets have also started.”
GWI is advising all customers residing in the aforementioned streets that there will be minor traffic diversion, breaking of roads and noise associated with the use of heavy equipment. The utility is appealing to all customers for their patience and partnership during the execution of the GSIP. The programme will result in significantly minimizing sewage overflows and other problems associated with the sanitation system.
Components of the programme will include the complete replacement of the 5.5 KM sewerage ring main in Georgetown; replacement of all delivery mains; purchase and installation of additional pumps for the 24 pumping stations to ensure adequate pressure, operational reliability and improvement to the electrical connections. It will also include an assessment and emergency rehabilitation of street sewers in selected areas and purchase of maintenance and operating equipment.
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