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Call for resuscitation of the Bartica/Potaro road

May 23, 2013 News

 

 

The Bartica/Potaro road which was built in the early 1900s and which wound its way for 112 miles from Bartica in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) to Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) with branches along the way, needs to be resuscitated.
This is the view of the Administrative Manager of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Mr. Colin Sparman.
He added that the GGDMA intends to approach the Hinterland Roads Committee with the strong recommendation that this “key” road is repaired and reopened so it can foster mining and economic development along the route.
The Bartica/Potaro road will be a boost to gold and diamond mining operations in the Mazaruni and the Potaro goldfields.
“Miners in the Mazaruni can get fuel, foodstuff and supplies from Bartica in less time and consequently with reduced costs of operations,” he said.
The road will also be good news for residents of both Bartica and Mahdia,  since persons wanting to travel to Mahdia from Bartica have to cross the Essequibo at Sherima to get to the Linden/Lethem road    and then cross the Essequibo River  again, near Mabura, to travel westwards overland to get to Mahdia, a very time consuming trip.
Those wanting to get to Bartica from Mahdia have to travel the same route in reverse: eastwards towards the Essequibo and the Linden – Lethem road, northwards almost up to Wismar, then back to Bartica via the crossing at Sherima.
A direct route from Bartica to Mahdia on a good road will take between two and three hours, for the residents in both communities, he said.
The road will also provide access to several areas in the back-dam where gold miners are conducting operations as well as to new areas of the goldfields for exploration.
The Brattice-Potaro  road, crosses the Potaro River by means of  the historic Garraway Stream Bridge (Denham Suspension Bridge) and was utilized up to the early  1990s for access to the goldfields, before it was abandoned following the  construction of the road from  the  Linden – Lethem  road near Maura, westwards  to the Essequibo River and onward to Madhya.
Sparman said that the issue of the resuscitation of the Potaro road was recently discussed by members of the GGDMA and recommendations for the repairs and reopening of the road endorsed by them.

 

 

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