General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams says $109M will be spent to replace two pontoons under the bridge, which will see it closed to marine traffic for four days from Friday, June 16th and vehicular traffic for six hours on Saturday, June 17th.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Adams said that the pontoons have not been changed in over 18 years and have reached the end of their lifespan. He said that under normal circumstances the pontoons would have been replaced by temporary ones and then taken to be rehabilitated. However, in this case that is not an option and as such the Management of the DHBC has made the decision to replace the pontoons with new ones.