THE Ministry of Public Works has been pushing the University of Guyana access road overhaul project since the aggregate material arrived, and the works are expected to conclude today.

Road Engineer Lawrence Mentis said that the aggregate (stone materials used for building roads) arrived last Friday and so the works began the following day. The road was widened to provide sufficient space for vehicle users and is now free of potholes and allows easy access to the University of Guyana (UG) and the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) campuses.

The road had been in a deplorable state, with enormous potholes that caused damage to vehicles.
Works had been undertaken some time ago to repair the road after pipelines had been laid under a pavement that stretches along the railway embankment to the UG entrance.

Meanwhile, the pipelines were installed to improve drainage along the road but this endeavour was a failure. Therefore, the Ministry of Works has been surfacing the road and providing ‘levelling courses.’