Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has officially commissioned a bridge in Middle Road, La Penitence Sideline Dam, which has been dubbed the ‘Coalition Bridge’ by residents.
The simple ceremony on January 29 was also attended by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence, Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson and Deputy Mayor Patricia-Chase Greene.
According to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency, the total cost of the bridge is $6M. Minister Harmon explained that the commissioning of the new bridge is delivering on a promise made to those residents while A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was in opposition.
“It is time to rebuild Guyana after it was broken for twenty three years,” Harmon said. The minister added that “the Government of Guyana sees bridges as uniting people and uniting communities, when a bridge is broken the community is broken. We build bridges, we reunite communities”.
According to the release, Minister Harmon praised the name given to the bridge by the residents.
Meanwhile, Ministers Lawrence and Ferguson urged the residents to use the bridge with care, pride and dignity. The Ministers called on them to provide security for the bridge and to resist the path of destruction.
Minister Harmon also handed over two street lamps to the residents of Middle Road La Penitence.
