A contract valued $64.9 million has been awarded to the Devcon Construction and Contracting Services for the rehabilitation of a sunken section of Lamaha Street, near the intersection with Irving Street, in Georgetown.
According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report, the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has stated that the works are expected to be completed within a four-month timeframe, with construction commencing as early as Saturday.
“The part of Lamaha Street to Vlissengen Road that is sinking, the contract has already been awarded and that work should begin this week,” DPI quoted Edghill as saying.
The works will see the rehabilitation of more than 100 metres of roadway encompassing the intersection and a stretch of Lamaha Street.
The DPI reported the ministry’s Manger of Traffic, Safety and Maintenance, Kester Hinds as explaining that a revetment would be built to properly support the Lamaha Street and that the road will be widened in order to better facilitate the left turning lane at the intersection. Additionally, the pedestrian walkway will be properly reconstructed.
