Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has called for the timely completion of the Hunter Street project – which has been marred by a number of delays since its inception in 2019.
Hunter Street, Georgetown as of Wednesday
During a visit to the project site on Wednesday, he explained that the goal was to have the road completed in a timely manner. He added that the road, once completed, would be joined to the Mandela Avenue four-lane highway, which is currently under construction.
“We had to get an agreement of how we proceed on where HUNTER STREET ends and the four-way highway ends… the intent is to get the traffic flowing,” the Minister related.
Further, the Public Works Minister urged the contractor responsible for the project to utilise the traffic- free roads during the Easter weekend to accomplish as much work as possible.
“We want to do our work when there is least social impact,” he added.
The works slated for the holiday weekends, according to the Minister, include drainage among other intrusive activities.
In addition, he explained that the project was currently at the crusher run stage – that is lining the road with crushed rock and stone dust.
Meanwhile, the Minister posited that works would be able to continue, as all issues would have been resolved during his walkabout.
“The contractors are cooperating, they understand what we are doing, they are giving their support… but we had issues that needed to be sorted,” he explained.
The initial $86.6 million contract was awarded to Surrey Paving and Ideal Engineering in May 2019 and was scheduled to conclude in December 2019.
However, the contract was terminated after the contractor received several extensions, but no work was done.
The contract was then awarded to Vieira 66 Logistics in December 2020 to complete the job. (G15)
