According to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) monthly Report, approximately 262,544 vehicles crossed the bridge in February, 2015 compared to 241,606 vehicles for the same period in 2014, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
The figure represents an 8.7 percent rise.
The release said that the report also revealed that for six days in February 2015 an excess of 10,000 vehicles went across the bridge in the westerly direction – a milestone on the 36-year-old structure.
February 19 saw the highest volume of traffic with 10,818 vehicles; followed by February 24 with 10,361 vehicles; February 21 – 10,241 vehicles; February 2 – 10,174 vehicles; February 14 – 10,173 vehicles and February 20 – 10,117 vehicles.
Private cars accounted for 51.55 percent of the total volume of traffic, followed by mini-buses at 14.06 percent and hire cars at 13.31 percent, the release added.
The 10,000-plus figure was first recorded on December 21, 2013 when approximately 10,894 vehicles transited the floating bridge in the westerly direction.
