Work on Harbour Bridge ‘on schedule’

LIFTED TO SAFETY: Guyana Chronicle photographer Samuel Maughn snapped this photo as the ‘hydraulic cabin’, located at the eastern end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), was lifted to safety on Sunday morning while a team of engineers stood by, ready to commence infrastructural work.DHB General Manager Rawleston Adams told the Guyana Chronicle that work on the bridge was “on schedule”, as the engineering team had already taken out the pontoon and hydraulic cabin and re-installed both by 10:00hrs, and no delays were expected to further inconvenience commuters.

He thanked both the engineering team and commuters for their co-operation while the important maintenance work was being done on the bridge.

The DHB was closed to vehicular traffic for six hours from 06:00 hours on Sunday, to facilitate the installing of a new pontoon at span 8.4.

Last week, Adams told the media that closure of the bridge to change a main pontoon was unavoidable, since that pontoon accommodates the hydraulic cabin which houses the main and sensitive equipment which controls the operation of the bridge.

“We try our utmost, in executing major works on the bridge, not to close, (but) because of the technical nature of the work, the closure is unavoidable. The main focus is the protection of the hydraulic cabin,” Adams had revealed.
Sunday’s work is part of an ongoing maintenance programme which the DHB Company will execute this year. (Shauna Jemmott)

 

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