CABINET has given its no-objection for the procurement of 1,818,440 litres of bitumen for the Demerara Harbour Bridge asphaltic plant, located at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara.At a post-Cabinet press briefing hosted by Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday, the following was explained: “This is intended to ensure that there is enough asphalt for the amount of projects which will be undertaken by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure… Many streets around Georgetown and surrounding communities, as can be seen, are being paved.”

The recently acquired mobile asphalt plant, which has capacity to produce 25 tonnes of asphalt per hour, will be utilised in the near future to deliver asphaltic concrete of the highest quality for road works in outlying and remote communities in Guyana.
This US$120,000 mobile plant is fully computerised, with pollution control confirming to the highest environmental standards, and has a mineral filler unit. It is the only plant with this capacity locally.

The overwhelming requests for the standardisation of road construction across the country have prompted the DHBC management, in collaboration with the Public Infrastructure Ministry, to source the mobile unit.
(Rabindra Rooplall)