During a site visit on Tuesday, the minister called for work to be accelerated on the project, which will link Sussex Street to Mandela Avenue and provide an alternative east–west route through the capital.
“Guyanese must have access to Sussex Street to move through. I am not playing with this. This has got to be finished so that people must be able to start using it,” he emphasized.
Traffic on Sussex Street increased after upgrades to Cemetery Road and Independence Boulevard, prompting the ministry to widen the road.
Works on the project include five concrete bridges, concrete drains, a pedestrian walkway and parking on both sides of the road.
The link is intended to ease congestion in central Georgetown by giving motorists travelling towards the East Coast of Demerara or Berbice a way to reach Mandela Avenue without passing through some of the city’s busiest streets.
The project is divided into lots with Eagles Eye Construction executing works from Saffon Street to St Stephen Street while JS Engineering Service and Supplies is responsible for the section from St Stephen Street to Cemetery Road.
Sherriff Construction is responsible for constructing the link from Cemetery Road to Mandela Avenue. (Extracted and modified from the Department of Public Information)
