Linden to Mabura road project extended to December
Apr 04, 2025
─ Edghill flags slow pace of work
Kaieteur News- With only 40 per cent of work so far completed on the Linden to Mabura road project, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has given contractors until December, 2025 to complete the works.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill meeting the contracting team of Linden to Mabura Hill road project. (Photo courtesy, Ministry of Public Works)
The minister met with the project’s contractor and supervisory management on Wednesday expressing dissatisfaction at the slow pace of work. Edghill said while only 40 per cent of the work has been completed, some 80 per cent of the allotted time has already elapsed.
During the engagement, the public works minister reminded the team that they needed to step up their game in order to complete the project within the stipulated timeline.
“Your commitment to complete must not only be verbal commitment. It must be shown through your action,” the minister noted.
Further, the minister said, “December is the end date. [I want to know] how we will work from now all the way to December. If we continue at the rate we are going, we will not meet the December [deadline].”
To support the project’s completion, the ministry has committed to providing a list of possible subcontractors to Alya Construction, who is overseeing the project. The ministry informed the team that by the end of April, all approvals should be given for subcontractors to commence work.
Kaieteur News had reported in January that the Linden to Mabura road project was expected to be completed by October this year. Initially, the project was scheduled to be completed in July, however, the contractor was forced to halt works due to some challenges mid-2024.
The Government of Guyana, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and the Government of the United Kingdom had partnered in 2020 to fund the US$190 million project (GY$32.4billion).
The CDB funded US$112 million, while the Government of the United Kingdom via the CDB- administered United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund provided a grant of £50 million (US$66 million). The Government of Guyana injected some US$12 million into the project.
In 2022, following a thorough evaluation process by the CDB and Consultant Mott MacDonald and other specialists, Construtora Queirozñ Galvao S.A, (Alya Construtora) was determined the most responsive bid. The contract for the project was signed in May 2022.
The project forms part of a wider development of the Georgetown to Lethem corridor.
It consists of two main highways; the width of each lane is approximately 3.6 metres, some hard shoulders both sides measuring 2.4 metres, cyclist and pedestrian lane of two metres, a utility corridor, about 10 bus stops, and nine rest areas.
The Linden to Mabura Hill road project is the first phase that will ultimately lead to a completed Linden to Lethem Road link which will then complete an overland link to Brazil.
(Linden to Mabura road project extended to December)
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