As construction works continue along the Diamond–Good Success section of the East Bank of Demerara Public Road, the Ministry of Public Works, in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force (GPF), will be enforcing traffic restrictions aimed at easing congestion along the corridor.
Effective today, only trucks, public transportation and residents will be allowed to traverse this stretch of the roadway.
This measure was announced by Public Works Minister Juan Edghill during a site inspection today.
“We have made all the necessary connections for people to go down to Heroes Highway, connect through Diamond and come through the bypasses so that you don’t have to be on this carriageway,” the minister noted.
This measure is necessary as works continue on the $1.3 billion project, is currently 45 percent completed.
The works form part of a wider project, the US$75.8 million East Bank Demerara Road improvement project.
This initiative, aimed at supporting climate-resilient infrastructure development, marks the first of its kind to be funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Guyana.
Over the past several months, road rehabilitation and construction activities have commenced along the Diamond–Good Success stretch. The project has so far involved extensive excavation works and the deployment of heavy-duty machinery.
More than 30,000 vehicles are estimated to traverse the East Bank public road on a daily basis, with trucks making up between 20 to 30 percent of that number.
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