{"id":22565,"date":"2024-09-05T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22565"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:06:12","slug":"no-need-for-new-feasibility-study-for-berbice-bridge-says-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/no-need-for-new-feasibility-study-for-berbice-bridge-says-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"No Need for New Feasibility Study for Berbice Bridge, Says Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) and Vice President of Guyana, has dismissed calls for a new feasibility study for the proposed high-span bridge across the Berbice River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the media on Wednesday, Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that a comprehensive study conducted in 2004, which considered a permanent structure, is sufficient for the current project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The existing floating Berbice River Bridge is set to reach the end of its operational life in 2027, making it an opportune time for the construction of a more permanent solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo noted that the new bridge will be similar to the planned Demerara River bridge and is integral to the government&#8217;s broader development strategy for the Berbice region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new bridge is part of an ambitious plan that includes the development of a deep-water port, an oil and gas training facility, and other infrastructure projects aimed at bolstering the region\u2019s growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo criticized the political opposition for consistently opposing transformative projects without presenting viable alternatives or solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks, Dr. Jagdeo also contrasted the 2004 feasibility study for the Berbice River Bridge with a recent study commissioned by the opposition for a new Demerara River crossing, alleging shortcomings in the opposition\u2019s study in terms of data and procurement procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) and Vice President of Guyana, has dismissed calls for a new feasibility study for the proposed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22565","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=22565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22570,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22565\/revisions\/22570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}