Latest update August 6th, 2026 12:35 AM
Latest News
Govt. receives four bids for relocation of section of old Harbour Bridge to Sandhills
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Public Works has received four bids from contractors interested in relocating sections of the old Demerara Harbour Bridge to establish the Sandhills to Timehri crossing.
Bids for the relocation project were opened on 30th July at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.
According to NPTAB, bidders for the project are: BK International Inc. with bid $1,081,757,534; Industrial Fabrication Inc. – $454,564,860; DCSN Construction & General Supplies Inc. – 271,969,800; and Aronco Services Inc. – $1,002,030,216.
Bidders will go through the necessary evaluation processes by the tender board, before the contract is awarded.
The Old Demerara Harbour Bridge which linked Regions Three and Four.
This newspaper 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 for.
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 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 employes 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 $196.1B which was allocated in 2026 for the development of roads and bridges network in the country.
Share this:
Discover more from Kaieteur News
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Similar Articles
Blunt of the day
Sports
Features/Columnists
Sir. Ronald Sanders
The GHK Lall Column
Weekend Cartoon
