A new pothole has developed along the 200-metre stretch of Thomas Road, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, which was recently rehabilitated, and it is posing a fresh danger to vehicular traffic.
In addition to the pothole, this newspaper observed that the rehabilitated road also appears to be sinking on the northern side, in the vicinity of the National Park.
When this newspaper contacted the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday, he noted that there was a failure with the asphalt which resulted in the pothole. However, he stated that under the liability clause specified by the contract, the contractors will be required to fix it.
In May of this year, the contract for rehabilitating the road was awarded to the Pooran Manman General and Contracting Services Company. They were given a three-month time frame to complete the project.
During the rehabilitative work in May, Stabroek News had visited the work site where a workman from the company had informed that a fabric had to be placed under the road and some of the dug-up asphalt was to be kept in order to be reused.
The man had also told this newspaper that eight inches of crusher run were be laid down to raise the level of the road and as such, some other foundation works were to be done before the road was to be asphalted.
In December of last year Stabroek News had published an article highlighting the faulty road and back then, Edghill had said that serious considerations were in process as it concerns the road’s stability.
“The Thomas Lands road has two drains on either side, [and] the movement [of the traffic] has been affecting the stability of the road. We just can’t build the road, we have to be able to put in the correct engineering solutions,” had stated the minister.
He added that the placing of a revetment, or the use of geotextile or geo-cells were also being considered.
