March 27 ,2021
Sections of the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Bypass Road, between Little Diamond and Covent Garden, have already begun to crumble even as the project is yet to be commissioned.
In pictures seen by this publication, some sections have been compressed to the point where cracks are visible along the edges of the road’s surface. In other areas, there is a complete deterioration of what appears to be completed works given that demarcation has already been implemented.
The Guyana Standard reached out to the Ministry of Housing and Water and was informed that the project is still in the defects and liability period. This period refers to a duration which, should any defects be observed, the contractor has the responsibility to rectify.
This publication was further informed that a team of engineers would have also visited the sites and corrective works will commence on Tuesday.
The road construction is currently being undertaken by three contracting firms – Annirud Ramcharitar Construction Firm, Guy-america Construction Inc, and Bardon Construction, with each company executing works on each awarded lot.
As of March 6, 2021, some 90 percent of works on the $500M alternative road linking Eccles and Diamond were reported as completed. The deadline for the project is next month.
