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Construction of new Berbice Bridge to begin before year end – Pres Ali
(Kaieteur News) – Construction of the new Berbice River Bridge is scheduled to begin before the end of 2026, President Ali announced on Friday while noting that the government is in the process of finalizing the contract.
Speaking at his first press conference this year, the head of state said, “The new Berbice Bridge… from my latest update they are on the verge of finalizing the finances and also the final price they are more than less there, so we are hoping to have that bridge started long before the end of this year.”
President Irfaan Ali
The Berbice River Bridge project is a being executed through the Ministry of Public Works.
In January 2024, President Irfaan Ali announced that his government intended to construct a fixed high-span crossing bridge across the Berbice River.
“We are already understanding the future needs of this region. That is why we are accelerating the plans for a fixed high-span crossing bridge across the Berbice River just like the one in the Demerara River,” President Ali said at a sod-turning event held for the US$161M modern hospital in New Amsterdam.
He had initially announced the construction of a new bridge in Berbice in October 2022.
The structure is expected to mirror the US$262M Demerara River Bridge, which was commissioned in October 2025.
In 2024 too, the government through the ministry sought expressions of interest (EOIs) for the design, building and financing of the new Berbice River Bridge. Nine contractors -all international companies- submitted expressions of interest. Of the nine, five were invited to further bid for the project.
In March 2025, the five bidders were identified as China Railway Construction Caribbean Company Limited, China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Co. Limited (Joint Venture) – US $255,872,559.08; AJM Enterprise, Shandong High-Speed Road & Bridge Company Limited (Joint Venture) – US$279,686,679.56; China Road & Bridge Corporation – US $205,888,712; China Railway First Group Company Limited, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Limited (Joint Venture) – US$266,432,183; and Vishwa Samooja Private Limited – US $465,510,780.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) reported in November 2025, that a contractor was identified and that the government was negotiating the contract.
Government in its national budget this year, allocated some $12.2B for the construction of the Berbice Bridge as well as other major bridge projects.
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Is the location of this bridge a secret? Yes, it’s in Bernice , please, tell us where in berbice.