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Habour Bridge hiccup causes traffic back up
An extremely long line of traffic that was backed up as far as Ruimveldt was the
Traffic moved slowly minutes after the affected section of the bridge was tended to.
result of a Habour Bridge malfunction that delayed scores of commuters, many of whom were making the trip to the other side of the overpass to the West Coast of Demerara.
Traffic that had to pass the turn off to the bridge also got caught in the back up.
The hiccup was unforeseen, bridge authorities said, as they explained that the issue was related to a broken bridge part which buckled under the weight of a truck. Rawleston Adams, General Manager of the more than a mile long bridge, told this newspaper last evening that two connecting posts at junctions 17 and 18 of the crossing were the cause of the misfortune.
He told the publication that around 18:00hours last evening he received a call from his staffers saying that there had been a malfunction. He added that a team was mobilized to address the problem and this was done, but in a temporary capacity.
Early this morning, workers are expected to commence comprehensive work on the affected part of the bridge and it is hoped that repairs will be completed soon enough to prevent another delay during rush-hour traffic.
However, traffic had backed up as far as Ruimveldt; at the Banks corner. By 19:30hours traffic was moving slowly and traffic ranks were seen at different intervals of the traffic line. They were trying to
Traffic heading south occupies one of north bound lanes.
maintain order, especially those vehicles moving along the south bound four-lane highway.
As the pace of traffic picked up, the lane on the eastern half of the highway, for north bound traffic was opened, allowing a speedy dissolution of the backed up traffic.
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