Seven months after Stabroek News asked questions about it, the rehabilitation of a sunken part of the Thomas Lands road got underway yesterday.
A member of the construction crew told this newspaper that a lot of foundation work will have to be done on the road which is currently being dug up, and it will be repaired along a 200-metre stretch within a three- month time frame.
The workman said that fabric has to be placed under the road and some of the dug-up asphalt will be kept and reused. In addition, eight inches of crusher run will be laid down to raise the level of the road and some other foundation work would need to be done before the road is asphalted. It was also mentioned that the crew would only be repairing 200 metres of roadway.
The contractor is currently acquiring some building material from overseas.
The works are being carried out by Pooran Manman General Contracting Services.
Stabroek News had published an article on November 19 last year showing the road slippage. In a follow-up article on December 17, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, in an interview with this paper had said that the authorities were currently seeking the best option that would ensure the stability of the road. “We just can’t build the road, we have to be able to put in the correct engineering solutions,” he observed.
The minister went on to say that the placing of a revetment, or the use of geotextile or geo-cells to ensure the stability of the road was under consideration.
