– Minister Benn
THE MINISTRY of Public Works and Communications has successfully restored the creek crossings at 40 Miles and 42 Miles Mabura after they collapsed early Monday owing to heavy overnight rainfall.
According to Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Mr. Robeson Benn, the crossing at 40 Miles was restored Wednesday, and the Ministry was able to complete the rebuilding of the structure at 42 Miles yesterday, resulting in traffic flowing as per norma.
Engineer in charge of operations at Mabura, Mr. Naeem Mohamed explained that the quick-fix that was used to restore the road at 40 Miles will be supported with two additional culverts, and this will cause minor interruptions to traffic.
He said vehicles traversing 42 Miles early today will encounter minor interruptions as the Ministry will be installing the culverts at reference to provide further drainage capacity to the three installed earlier.
“The Ministry has also dispatched an excavator, along with other equipment to Kamakabra Creek area on the Ituni-Kwakwani trail to restore the road section which was overtopped due to the swollen state of that creek caused by recent extreme inland rainfall,” Minister Benn said.
He further noted that “there were traffic disruptions on this trail today as a result of this event, but the Ministry is hoping to have the problem fixed by Friday evening and is receiving support from RUSAL’s Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc, from the Aroaima mine location on the Berbice River.”
The government, through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and with the assistance of some organisations such as Food for the Poor, is dispatching assistance, inclusive of food items and medical supplies to flooded communities at the Kwakwani Landing, Rockstone, Coomaca, Three Friends, Muritaro, Malali and Great Falls. (GINA)