Diamond-to-Buzz Bee Dam four-lane highway to be commissioned August 25
The Diamond to Buzz Bee Dam (Craig) four-lane highway is to be commissioned Monday, August 25, according to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report Thursday.
“We have already opened the road partially, but the commissioning will be this month,” Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal confirmed during a recent interview with the DPI.
A section of the soon-to-be commissioned four-lane highway
President Irfaan Ali is expected to make an address during the commissioning ceremony, which will take place at the Great Diamond to Craig Roundabout.
Once fully open to vehicular traffic, it will greatly ease traffic congestion on the Lower East Bank public route and reduce the commute time from Georgetown to Timehri.
Eleven billion dollars in contracts were awarded for the project in November 2023.
The highway, built by the Ministry of Housing and Water, will be made of asphalted concrete.
The project is divided into 12 lots and includes more than 30 concrete bridges, 4.6 kilometres of concrete highway, and two roundabouts to help manage traffic and further enhance connectivity and accessibility for thousands of East Bank residents and businesses.
The Diamond to Buzz Bee Dam connection is the third phase of the highway, after the Mandela to Eccles and Eccles to Diamond phases.
The contractors for the project are GuyAmerica Construction, VALS Construction, China Railway First Group, NABI, and H Nauth and Sons.
