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This year the Ministry of Public Works will be commencing new four-lane road projects and completing ongoing projects to continue the upgrade of Guyana’s transport infrastructure transformation.Geoffrey Vaughn, Co-ordinator of the Ministry’s Work Services Group at a recent press conference updated the media of these transformative projects including the West Coast Demerara Public Road and Sheriff Street to Mandela Avenue four-lane upgrades.Briefly commenting on the WCD Public Road expansion,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, Vaughn said that this project is coming on stream this year. Construction of this project is being supported by the Caribbean Development Bank.Meanwhile,Cheap NFL Jerseys Stitched, designs for the Sheriff Street to Mandela Avenue area have been completed. The Ministry has already shortlisted the consultancy for the project. He stated that those documents are with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Ministry is currently reviewing comments made by the Bank.Vaughn related that the final designs for the East Coast Demerara Public Road expansion are completed and would be out shortly. The four-lane transformation would conclude at Annandale and the thoroughfare would undergo two-lane upgrade to Belfield,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he added.He noted that works on the ongoing stretch from Better Hope to De Endragt (which is divided into six lots) is expected to conclude this year,Brett Hull Red Wings Jersey, with the completion date of Lots One to Five slated for June.Construction of Lots One and Two commenced in 2011 did not conclude on time because of contract termination and encumbrances respectively. Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd is undertaking construction of both lots, which are accumulatively 70 percent completed.“You know we had some hiccups in Lot Two with BM Soat in terms of the reserves. We had that resolved; they are going back to that area and in Lot One they are wrapping up at the Montrose area. They are trying to get that area sorted,” he said.Construction of the East Bank Demerara Public Road into four-lane from Providence to Diamond is being executed simultaneously with the EDC Public Road four-lane project. The project (divided into three lots) was expected to conclude in April 31 but owing to the presence of utilities the project was extended.“We have GT&T that is reviewing the contract at present. We are hoping this should be completed,NCAA Hockey Jerseys, so we will see much more work on the four-lane,Authentic Jerseys Sale,” he added.According to Vaughn,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, there were quite a number of road and bridge projects that were extended from 2013 to this year. This was particularly so for the foreign funded projects. He noted that the sum of $3.2B was allotted for 2013 and only 40 percent of that sum was expended.Vaughn blamed some of the shortfalls for the delays in the projects on inclement weather and shortage of certain building materials. He noted that there were lots of talks about shortage of building materials during the year.As such, the Ministry’s Central Transport and Planning Unit in the Work Services Group conducted a research and found that indeed there was a shortfall in the supply of the material aggregates for both roads and residential building of houses. |
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