📋 Tender Overview
vessel owner to pay for damagesheavy-duty vehicles permitted to crossalignment to be fixedRepairs on the Demerara Harbour Bridge are now complete following damage from an incident on Wednesday where a tug and barge collided with the structures near the high span.General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation DHBC Mr. Rawlston Adams provided this update to DPI on Thursday afternoon. We would have reconnected the anchors so that work is completed We still have to do the alignment but the bridge is structurally sound and safe to travel General Manager stated.The repairs earlier today allowed the bridge to be opened for the scheduled 1 oclock retraction in addition to facilitating the crossing of heavy-duty vehicles that were barred due to the damages.Currently a process is underway to ascertain the cost of damages to be levied against the owner of the vessel.We are still crunching the numbers for the cost of the damages. We met with the representative of the owner identified the damages and once we have those numbers we will reconvene with the owner he said. Looking to the future Mr. Adams admitted that there is no singular solution to protect the bridge from a recurrence of similar incidents.Nevertheless he is optimistic the new DHBC Board of Directors will make a sound decision after examining their options.
