GUYANA – Three companies out of India and four from China are among nine that applied for the Government of Guyana contract to design, build and finance the new Berbice River Bridge.

The project which is being executed through the Ministry of Public Works was opened on Wednesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office.

According to information provided, the bidders are China Road & Bridge Corporation (China); Ashoka Buildcon Limited (India); China Railway Construction Caribbean Limited (China) in jointed venture with China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Company Limited (T&T); Shandong High-speed Road & Bridge Company Limited (China) in jointed venture with AJM Enterprise; China Railway First Group Company Limited (China) in jointed venture with China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Company Limited (China); Rockey & Son Construction (local); Kalpataru Projects International Limited (India); Vishwa Samudra Engineering Private Limited (India); and Aecon Global Services (Canada).

In January, President Irfaan Ali announced that his government intended to construct a fixed high-span crossing bridge across the Berbice River. The President made the announcement during his address at the sod-turning event for the US$161 million modern hospital in New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).

“We are already understanding for the future needs of this region. That is why we are accelerating the plans for a fixed high-span crossing bridge across the Berbice River just like the one in the Demerara River,” he stated.

The president initially made the announcement of a new Berbice River Bridge back in October 2022. This structure is expected to mirror the US$260 million new Demerara River Bridge.

Following the ministry’s advertisement, at the commissioning ceremony of the Schoonord to Crane four-lane highway road, the Head-of-State had announced that plans are underway to have the current Berbice River Bridge toll-free and that the new bridge when completed will also be toll-free. (Kaieteur News)

Photo: The current Berbice River Bridge. (Kaieteur News) …[+]