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Jul 24, 2010 News
Light traffic on a key trail linking Linden and Kwakwani started to flow again yesterday as Kwakwani residents reportedly teamed up with government emergency workers to build a temporary bypass after flood waters last week washed away a section of the road.
Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, while disclosing that the bypass was accommodating light traffic was unable to confirm the movements of the larger log trucks since engineers were still in the area as of late yesterday.
However, Kwakwani residents said that they transported logs to the affected area, located a few miles from Ituni, and helped build the bypass.
Heavy vehicles are expected to start using the bypass as early as today, one logger informed yesterday.
The damage to the roadway last week had disrupted traffic, cutting off supplies and economic activities to Kwakwani, a riverain community in the Berbice River which depends heavily on bauxite and
forestry activities for a living.
Several large logging companies, including Bai Shan Ling, are operating in the Kwakwani backdam with RUSAL conducting bauxite mining in the Aroaima area.
Government had rushed supplies to the area, officials said.
Last week, several parts of Region 10, which includes Linden and stretches east to the Berbice River, were flooded as spring tides coupled with heavy rains caused waterways to rise.
Among the hardest hit areas was Coomacka which saw flood waters from a swollen Demerara River submerging roadways and rains bringing tons of sand down from the bauxite mines. Waters have receded considerably, residents said yesterday.
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