{"id":22314,"date":"2024-09-04T17:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22314"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:37:40","slug":"traffic-disruptions-expected-along-east-coast-of-demerara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/traffic-disruptions-expected-along-east-coast-of-demerara\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Disruptions Expected Along East Coast of Demerara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents and commuters using the Ogle Airport Access Road between the Rupert Craig Highway and the Railway Embankment should prepare for a two-month road closure starting tomorrow, August 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure is necessary to facilitate road widening works carried out by the Ministry of Public Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, confirmed that residents directly affected by the closure have been consulted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special permits will be issued to ensure access to their homes during the construction period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mitigate disruptions, the ministry has strengthened alternative routes in advance of the road closure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, emergency repair work is underway on the Triumph bridges along the East Coast Demerara Highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contractor responsible for the bridge construction is carrying out the repairs under the supervision of the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill acknowledged that the repair work would cause traffic disruptions due to the extensive breaking and excavating required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry is also prepared to address issues with other failing bridges along the highway as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is urged to accommodate the necessary repairs and anticipate traffic delays during this period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire Residents and commuters using the Ogle Airport Access Road between the Rupert Craig Highway and the Railway Embankment should prepare for a two-month road closure starting tomorrow,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22315,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22314\/revisions\/22315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}