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Jun 21, 2011 News
Following an overrun by almost two months, the 30 feet wide Sussex Street Bridge opened to vehicular traffic yesterday with no fanfare and ceremony.
Traffic detour signs were taken down and the heavy duty vehicles that were used to cover the concrete bridge with asphalt making it usable by vehicles simply rolled off the bridge at noon, the traffic warden waved through cars, buses and trucks, and the bridge became officially opened.
Construction of the US$350,000 bridge at Sussex and Saffon Streets, Georgetown, began late January and was supposed to be opened by the end of April.
Although the bridge is now usable to vehicular traffic, installation of safety features such as sidewalks and turn-in lanes are yet to be completed.
Replacement of the old Sussex Street bridge with this concrete facility is funded under a US$41 million IDB Bridges ll Programme that involves rehabilitation of 284 bridges and culverts from Timehri, to Georgetown, to Rosignol.
Completion of the widened Sussex Street bridge is expected to be followed with expansion of Saffon Street between Sussex and Broad Streets to facilitate laying down of a four-lane highway. These four lanes are to be continued along the East Bank road to Diamond, and eventually to Timehri.
Construction of the bridge was greeted by controversy as it involved temporary relocation of 16 stalls from the East La Penitence market.
Protests by vendors and efforts to properly re-locate them resulted in a three-month delay, causing construction to begin in January.
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