A BRAND new steel and concrete composite bridge being built at the new Great Diamond – Herstelling, East Bank Demerara road will create a linkage between the Great Diamond – Herstelling Road and the Mocha-Arcadia Main Access Road.
During an inspection, on Friday, of the several sites along the East Bank of Demerara corridor where infrastructural works are ongoing, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, observed that the bridge has begun to take shape, as concrete piles have been driven and works are expected to progress over the coming weeks.
Upon completion, the multimillion-dollar bridge, the new linkage between the Great Diamond-Herstelling road and the Mocha-Arcadia main access road, will, in turn, provide an alternative access route to Providence and Eccles, significantly enhancing commute for hundreds of residents in the area.
Accompanied by Deputy Director of Projects at the Ministry, Intakab Indarjeet, the minister also visited a new housing development in Little Diamond, where land clearing, the construction of access roads, bridges and the development of drainage and irrigation systems is ongoing.
In addition, during their time on the on the ground, Minister Croal and Chairman of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Lionel Wordsworth, engaged residents in the Mocha-Arcadia area.
The residents raised concerns relating to the drainage systems and their farmlands and the officials gave the residents all assurances that adequate drainage infrastructure will be implemented as part of the ministry’s development policies, a press release from the ministry noted.
It is expected that during this week, the Housing Minister will be engaging the contractors of these and other projects along the East Bank Demerara corridor.
