{"id":23166,"date":"2024-09-23T20:18:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23166"},"modified":"2024-09-23T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:19:07","slug":"new-demerara-river-bridge-70-complete-march-31-deadline-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-demerara-river-bridge-70-complete-march-31-deadline-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"New Demerara River Bridge 70% Complete, March 31 Deadline Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Progress on the new bridge across the Demerara River is advancing, with completion now at approximately 70%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill provided this update during a media briefing, confirming that around $150 million has already been spent on the $260 million project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some shipping delays, he assured that the March 31 deadline is still attainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill emphasized the tangible progress being made, stating that the final major shipment of components, specifically the cable stage materials, is expected to arrive in mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety measures have also been a focus, with Project Manager Patrick Thompson outlining the bridge&#8217;s design features to mitigate collision risks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main supporting piles will include collision protection mechanisms, and the bridge is engineered to accommodate large vessels, providing a clearance of 50 meters and a width of 300 meters to enhance safety during transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Edghill noted that contracts for the connecting roads are in the advanced procurement stage, with plans for the road on the east side to connect to Heroes Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, the new Demerara River Bridge will span 2.8 kilometers and is being constructed by China Railway Construction, with oversight from the Italian firm Politecnica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Delicia Janneire for NCN News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progress on the new bridge across the Demerara River is advancing, with completion now at approximately 70%. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill provided this update during a media briefing, confirming&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23166","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=23166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23168,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23166\/revisions\/23168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}