GUYANA : IMPROVEMENT OF GEORGETOWN CITY STREETS & APPROACHES

PROJECT IS A REVISION OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS IN BOTH GT & NA,NECESSITATED BY LOW COST ESTIMATES ON BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN NA; SOME ROAD BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN GT WILL BE ELIMINATED & FUNDS SHIFTED TO THE NA PROJECT IN ORDER TO CONTROL SPENDING LEVELS IN EACH PROJECT WHILE ACCOMODATING REVISED PRIORITIES. AID WILL FINANCE 50% OF ESTIMATED COST OVERRUN OF NA PROJECT(5040071); GOG WILL FINANCE BALANCE. THE GT BYPASS & CITY STREETS SUBPROJECT WILL BE REDUCED FROM 12.5 TO 6.6 MILES. THE BYPASS SECTION IS UNCHANGED & WILL CONSIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO RUIMVELDT AVE,A NEW ROAD ALONG SHERIFF ST & IMPROVEMENTS TO OTHER PARTS OF SHERIFF ST. CITY STREETS IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 8 TO 2.1 MILES. CROAL & YOUNG STREETS WILL HAVE SHOULDERS ADDED TO BOTH LANES WHILE CAMP & VLISSENGEN ROADS WILL BE INCREASED TO 4 LANES WITH SHOULDERS. ON THE EAST COAST DEMERARA RD,3.8 MILES OF 2-LANE ROAD WILL BE INCREASED TO 4 LANES FROM KITTY(SEA WALL) D"AGUIAR"S BEND TO PLAISANCE. A 2-LANE HIGHWAY WITH SHOULDERS,0.7 MILES LONG,WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE EAST BANK DEMERARA RD FROM LAING AVE TO HOUSTON TO CONNECT GT BYPASS & DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC TO HOUSTON. SHARP CURVES WILL BE ELIMINATED & THE EAST BANK DEMERARA ROAD REALIGNED WITH SHOULDERS ON THE SARAH JOHANNA DEVIATION SECTION,1.5 MILES IN LENGTH. THIS SECTION WILL TEST THE SUITABILITY OF LOW-GRADE BAUXITE AS BASE COURSE MATERIAL IN ROAD-BUILDING. PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED-OUT BY THE MINISTRY OF WORKS,HYDRAULICS & SUPPLY. PROJECT BENEFICIARIES WILL BE GUYANESE CITIZENS WITH IMPROVED TRAVEL SAFETY & LESS EXPENSIVE ACCESS TO GT & NA. HOWEVER, THE BUSINESS DONE BY COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN THE 2 CITIES SHOULD ALSO IMPROVE DUE TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC.