His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali was updated on the progress of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge during a site visit today.
The Head of State, who visited the eastern end of the construction site, was informed that some 33 per cent of the bridge structure had been completed and that by April 2024, the vast amount of piles cast for the bridge would be visible.
The contracting firm, China Railway Construction (Caribbean) Co Limited, told the President that it will continue to work around the clock. Currently, 378 workers are participating in the construction, at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara and La Grange, West Bank Demerara.
The contractors are in the process of drilling and casting piles to support the decking platform. Concrete has already been poured for five piles from the eastern end. In the coming weeks, they will commence pouring concrete on the western side of the bridge.
President Ali, accompanied by the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, the Honourable Deodat Indar, also visited the eastern landing site of the bridge and earmarked areas for connecting roads to Heroes Highway and the highway currently under construction linking Eccles and Ogle.
The connecting roads, when completed, will provide great mobility for travel between the West Bank of Demerara, the East Coast of Demerara, and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
