Another Project that was started by the PPP/C and have works ongoing is the Second Demerara Harbour Bridge on the East Bank just corner of Gafoor's Industries at Houston.

when was this "project" started . . . where is the plan and the budget?

 

thanks

I do not know of all the details, but passing there when I was in Guyana just before the Elections, I enquired and was told that that was the Second Harbour Bridge.

Two proposed locations for new Demerara Harbour Bridge

March 11, 2013

Chinese, Indian companies vying to build new Demerara Bridge

A number of Chinese and Indian Companies are vying to build the New Demerara Bridge river crossing being handled by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) headed by Winston Brassington.

 

This was confirmed by a source close to the project who told this publication that 22 Expressions of Interest were submitted to build the new bridge across the Demerara River meant to replace the aging Demerara Harbour Bridge. All 22 proposals were opened privately at NICIL and not at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board publicly, given that it is the Government’s holding company that is handling the project. According to information reaching this newspaper, the proposals will be evaluated and ranked, at which point in time those shortlisted will be invited to submit their financial and technical proposals. This latest mega project to be undertaken by the Guyana Government will see the use of the same debt and equity financial structure utilizing a public-private partnership, as was the case with the Berbice Bridge, the Georgetown Marriott and the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project. In the call for partners, Government said that the project will be implemented using a Build Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) model, “in a manner similar to the Berbice Bridge.” According to the Guyana Government, the responses received from the call for expressions of interest will be used to guide the selection of a partner or partners who will work with government to design and implement the project. The project will see NICIL creating a special purpose company,”financed by debt and equity contributions following a public/private partnership model.” The call for expressions of interest had stated clearly that “The GoG is not bound to accept any Expression of Interest.” A pre-feasibility study was done for the construction of a new river bridge by the Public Works Ministry and has identified the best location for the bridge to be between Houston on the East Bank of Demerara and Versailles on the West Bank of the river. As it relates to the tolls to be charged the pre-feasibility study predicts that user tolls were considered to increase at a rate of two per cent per year above the existing regime. The study did point out that “a detailed feasibility study should be done to incorporate exogenous costs and benefits not considered in this study, as well as a financial analysis that addresses the concerns of project-financing and environmental impacts.” The existing two-lane floating bridge was constructed in 1978 by the UK firm Thomas Storey Engineers Limited and had a life of 10 years. From 1995 to 1998 the bridge underwent major rehabilitation by the Damien Ship Yards of the Netherlands at a cost of US$9M and an extended life of 15 years (from 1995). According to the pre-feasibility report, at present the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) carries out intensive annual maintenance and element replacement activities on the bridge structure to provide a continuous level of service, and this can be coupled with increasing traffic volumes and level of Government subventions to warrant consideration of bridge replacement. At present, The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation is responsible for the management and collection of tolls, and the average annual revenue collection is approximately US$1.9M. Between 2002 and 2011 the Guyana Government provided in excess of US$12M in subventions to support the operations of the existing Bridge. During that same period the revenues collected from tolls was about 75 per cent of the subvention. The report concedes that while there were no national consultations during the prefeasibility phase, these are planned for the detailed feasibility phase. It says too that major Private Sector stakeholders and agencies such as the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSC), Guyana Shipping Association, Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) and the Ministry of Finance were closely engaged.

The are other PPP.C project that are ongong, well this is for another conversation.

dude, thinking aloud and requesting proposals does not constitute an "ongoing" project

 

get a grip

When you have workers working on the site, and heavy duty machine in action........then whatever you want to call it, you may do so. Your choice.

The PPP is the ONLY Party with VISION. All the huffing and Puffing by the 2 House Slaves and others on GNI were simply HOT AIR!!!!!!!

there is no "site" . . . stop your nonsense

Similar to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), the PNC government will continue with the other projects and proposals of the PPP/C.

memo to abee senile, diapered resident senior . . . CJIA is not a PPP/C "project"

 

it already exists

This is NOT the PPP project.  No one had a  problem with the longer runway.  It was an expansive terminal with 8 jetways was the problem and Patterson reports that the terminal building will be resized so it will be more appropriate to Guyana's needs.

 

Guyana will never have the volume of traffic which places like Antigua and St Maarten get, so why do we need double the jetways?

Are You pissed off that this government cannot come up with projects of their own?

These crabdaags want to denied what the PPP had in their folds to finish and give them to the cake shop owners. Granger project will be fried chicken business. Gimmy that leg.

True, if you don't have the infrastructure in place to be able to compete, you never will.  Listen banna, you don't wait till you ready to shit to build toilet.

Tell dat to the family dem in India banna.

Different story banna.  Dem bais nah gatt land fuh shithouse so they run public bush.

Nice excuse for dem dutty people.

You should be pissed off that NONE of the PPP projects were a success.

 

Discuss how successful the Skeldon factory was.

Are you seriously telling me that an airline will fly to a country just because it has a white elephant airport, even though there is no market for their services.

 

Why don't you go to the St Maarten airport where there are FOUR jetways and note the endless numbers of jets landing and taking off.

 

Note that when CAL leaves in the morning the airport remains deserted for the rest of the day.  80% of the time THERE ARE NO PLANES at GEO!

Hahahahahahahahaha - this is too funny!!!

 

On a serious note - all PPP projects have failed or were stamped with massive corruption. I'm happy that a new government is reviewing these. Most will not be implemented and those that will be, will definitely be revised and improved.

Hahahahah! Your PPP ran the country like a rum shop.

Druggie,Too bad you couldn't afford the rum they were selling.

The government will do good if they know how to implement all PPP's unfinished projects..  I believe that not every time they will screw up.

There are some things they can do well.