Works ministry awards $237M road maintenance contracts
Stabroek News
June 1, 2004
Six three-year road maintenance contracts valued some $237M for the upkeep of the verges and other aspects of the West Coast and West Bank Demerara roadways were recently awarded by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.
The contracts described in a release from the ministry as performance-based are to ensure that the identified roadways are constantly maintained to set standards in a routine and proactive way.
According to the release the standards for the contracts awarded through the Routine Maintenance Management Systems (RMMS) have been defined and at all times during its duration must be met.
Among the works involved in fulfilling the contracts include pothole patching, crack filling, spot sealing, surface patching and deep patching, rutting repairs, shoulder repairs, centreline/edge line marking and traffic sign maintenance/implementation.
Other tasks associated with the contracts include minor culvert repairs; minor bridge repairs; verge weeding/cutlassing/mowing; verge reshaping; ditch cleaning/culvert cleaning; and ditch reshaping.
The project funded via an Inter-American Development Bank loan is said to be a computerized management tool designed to assist road managers in developing routine maintenance programmes for roadways, the release further said.
According to the release a similar three-year performance-based contract has been implemented along the East Bank Demerara roadway with tenders currently out for similar attention to the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and the East Coast Demerara highway.