A recently acquired mobile asphalt plant, which has the capacity to produce 25 tonnes of asphalt per hour, will soon be deployed for road works in outlying and remote communities in Guyana.
Rawlston Adams, Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) General Manager, who oversees the Garden of Eden asphalt plant and mobile unit, said the mobile unit will allow the Ministry of Public Infrastructure “to achieve its goal of having paved roads in rural and outlying areas,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.
The statement said overwhelming requests for the standardisation of road construction across the country has prompted the DHBC management in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to source the mobile unit. Adams said the investment “will benefit all the intended communities and its citizens.”
It added that the US$120,000 mobile plant is fully computerised, conforms to the highest environmental standards. It has a mineral filler unit, the statement said, while adding that it is the only plant with this capacity locally.
“It is public knowledge that significant strides have being made to improve the quality of roads countrywide; and quality asphaltic concrete is important in achieving this,” Adams was quoted as saying.
He added, “Soon we will be able to take asphaltic concrete to regions 1, 7, 8 and 9. These areas will have much better roads starting as early as the last quarter of 2015.”
