$52.5B in contracts awarded for constructon of 4-lane highway from Craig to Land-of-Canaan

Dec 20, 2024 News

Kaieteur News- The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office has awarded eight contracts totalling $52.5 billion for the construction of a new four-lane highway from Craig to Land of Canaan on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

In June, 47 contractors submitted bids to construct the new four-lane road. At the opening of bids at the NPTAB office, it was revealed that the project is being executed in eight lots and is estimated to cost $49,550,312,074. The four-lane road project is being executed by the Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

The contracts for the highway were awarded as follows: Lot 1 (Ashoka Build Construction Ltd) $5,546,817,641; Lot 2 (H. Nauth & Sons) $6,384,420,210; Lot 3 (R. Bassoo & Sons & Qingjian Group Co. Guyana Inc. $7,699,717,043; Lot 4 (S. Jagmohan Construction & General Supplies and Vals Construction) $8,198,675,835; Lot 5 (Aronco Services Inc. and Build Smart Construction & Supplies) $6,325,080,011; Lot 6 (China Railway First Group Guyana Inc) $4,464,086,736; Lot 7 (Pro Build Hardware & Construction Inc) $5,676,911,709 and Lot 8 (KP Thomas & Sons Construction Inc and Const Soma) $8,262,131,511.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal.

Notably, according to its engineer’s estimate Lot 1 is estimated to cost $7,758,191,995; Lot 2 $6,595,741,681; Lot 3 $7,724,548,738; Lot 4 $8,222,950,788; Lot 5 $644,692,261; Lot 6 $4,568,695,021; Lot 7 $5,687,188,423; and Lot 8 $8,348,303,167.

Kaieteur News understands that funding for the new highway is part of the $100.5 billion that was approved for the ministry in this year’s budget. At the ministry’s year- end press conference held in January 2023, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal said that the new East Bank highway that is under construction will extend from Buzz Bee Dam, Craig to Land of Canaan, and then from Land of Canaan to Soesdyke.

The first phase of the new East Bank highway started with the $2.6B Mandela Avenue to Eccles road project which was commissioned in April 2022.

The second phase of the road was extended from the Eccles Dumpsite Road all the way to Diamond. This project costs $13.3 billion and is divided into 12 lots. It includes the construction of more than 30 reinforced concrete bridges, 8.6 kilometres of reinforced concrete highway road, and two roundabouts.

In September 2023, President Irfaan Ali commissioned the Eccles/Haags Bosch roundabout which connects the already completed Eccles thoroughfare to the Mandela Avenue Highway.

After Diamond, the other phase of work continued to Buzz Bee Dam. The $11B contract was awarded late last year.

($52.5B in contracts awarded for constructon of 4-lane highway from Craig to Land-of-Canaan)

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