The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) has begun repair works to the retractor span which was damaged when a car careened off the floating structure on Monday evening.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge
This was confirmed by Managing Director Rawlston Adams.
“We will install offsite, do some testing, and then we will bring it back to the bridge and hopefully install the cabin on the bridge by Friday,” Adams said.
On Monday last, a motorcar was proceeding along the bridge when it made a plunge off the retractor span, resulting in damages. While the entire vehicle fell into the water, the driver was saved and taken into custody.
A crew from the DHB management was deployed to assess the situation as these damages would prevent vessels from passing.
Meanwhile, in September 2019, a barge and tug slammed into a section of the bridge, causing major damages which resulted in the bridge being closed to vehicular and marine traffic.
The owner of the vessel was slapped with a bill of $100 million.
