WORK to maintain the 300-odd miles Linden-Lethem roadway in good condition has been ongoing in recent months.Naeem Mohamed, Hinterland Roads Engineer in the Ministry of Public Works, said that overall the Linden-Lethem roadway is in good shape and the road at present is quite traversable.
Mohamed said emergency works at ‘Mile 40’on the road to Mabura, Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) on a bridge at Mango Tree in the Iwokrama concession in Region 8 (Potaro/Siparuni); and on another bridge at Aranaputa in Region 9 (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) had been completed at a cost of $10M with minimal disruption of traffic along the roadway.
He disclosed too that the Moco Moco Bridge along the Culvert City trail in Region 9, which had collapsed earlier this year had been repaired at a cost of $12.5M and access to the deep south Rupununi is once again hassle-free.
Five log bridges along the Linden-Lethem road between Siparuni Junction and Kurupukari, which are said to be in a critical condition, are to be soon repaired.
A contract valued at $16M has been awarded to Mekdeci Machinery and Construction (MMC) for the execution of these works.

(Clifford Stanley)