After more than five years of boat operators and communities continuously lamenting the dilapidated state of the Charity Wharf, a project to rebuild it seems closer as eight companies this week submitted bids for its construction.
The eight bids were opened on Wednesday, 21st August 2024 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board and the names of the companies and their bids are shown in the table below.
In 2019, boat operators and commuters using the wharf on the Essequibo Coast, had complained to this newspaper that it was on the verge of collapsing completely and could result in injuries if it was not fixed soon. The then regional chairman Devanand Ramdatt had deemed it “a disaster waiting to happen.”