Govt. to relocate section of old Harbour bridge to Sandhills

May 21, 2026 News

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Public Works is seeking contractors for the Old Demerara Harbour Bridge relocation project which will see section of the structure going towards the Sandhills to Timehri crossing.

This is according to an invitation for bids issued by the ministry which was published in Wednesday’s Kaieteur News. Bids for the project are expected to open on June 24, 2026 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

It was reported that the Sandhills to Timehri crossing was one of the areas, the government was exploring to use section of the old Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Govt. to relocate section of old Harbour bridge to Sandhills

The old Demerara Harbour Bridge.

At a road commissioning ceremony last year, President Irfaan Ali stated, “So right now, we have the engineers examining the possibility of moving the old Demerara Harbor Bridge down river to connect Timehri to the Sandhills road. Why is this important? That road from Timehri to Sandhills will take us to Falmouth and then we have already under construction the Parika to the Goshen Road, that is the Del Conte Road loop that will interconnect with this Sandhills road that will take us into Bartica into the interior.”

Kaieteur News reported that the Demerara Harbour Bridge, which has already outlived its lifespan by over 40 years was replaced by the new four-lane high-span Demerara River Bridge in October 2025.

Since announcing plans that the old bridge will be replaced, the government has outlined several areas they intended to use parts of the bridge for. Some of the areas which were identified are the links between Sand Hills and Timehri, Leguan and Wakenaam, and the recent crossings in Region Nine.

Further, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill had told employess of the old bridge some of them will be transferred to the Sand Hills to Timehri operation, where components of the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge structure will be relocated to support a new alignment. Another team will be assigned to work on the Leguan to Wakenaam link. He had stated before too that the old harbour bridge “will not be a scrap iron; it will be part of enhancing Guyana’s development.”

The relocation forms part of the $196.1 billion which was allocated in 2026 for the development of roads and bridges network in the country.

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