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Bartica-Potaro road to be rehabilitated after decades

Jun 23, 2016 News

The Bartica/Potaro Road will be rehabilitated after some two decades. Senior Hinterland Engineer of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Naeem Mohamed, said that the road will connect Bartica to Mahdia, “something that wasn’t done for the past 20 years.”

Mohamed revealed that most of the critical work will be between 80 Miles and 111 Miles, which is about eight miles from the Issano Road junction—some 75 miles south of Bartica.
He explained that bush will be cleared; corduroy work will be done and lateritic material will be used to fill in the road.
Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson, speaking about the project said, “A technical team visited the area and they’re now in the process of preparing the engineer’s estimate.
“When that is completed, they will go out for public tendering. When we receive those tenders, they will be reviewed and forwarded to Cabinet for ‘no objection’ by route of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).”
In 2013, the previous administration had acknowledged the need to repair the roadway but nothing was done.
The Denham Suspension Bridge at Garraway Stream; commonly called by gold miners as the Cassandra Crossing Bridge, along the Bartica/ Potaro Road, will also be repaired. Mohamed explained that the bridge is the main link between Bartica and Mahdia.
“We are currently doing an estimate for the Cassandra Crossing Bridge and examining the best alternative for construction, whether the bridge will be a concrete structure, steel structure and whether it will be a one-span or intermediate span,” Mohamed said.

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