A new bridge and road will be constructed in the community of Sandy Bay from January of 2025.

The bridge is being constructed under the World Bank Funded – Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project – VEEP.

Speaking at a Community Consultation in Sandy Bay yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the bridge will take 14 months to complete.

"You have to do a lot of preparatory work; in fact, the amount of preparatory work in terms of securing the money from the World Bank doing the designs, doing all the consultancies far, far from fourteen (14) months, but it will take actually fourteen (14) months to build the bridge. So that when you hear that we would announce from time to time that we have secure a loan from the World Bank to do A,B,C and D and that we expect to start the project in two (2) or three (3) years' time and you will say why it taking so it is because a lot of studies have to be done, and the more complicated the engineering the longer the designs will take".

Meanwhile Parliamentary representative for the area and Minister of Transport and Works Montgomery Daniel commended the consultants Trintoplan Consultants Limited for the work that they have done.

"I'm sure after this work is completed, I have no doubt that the access across the London Bridge will be safer for a long, long time".

SOURCE: National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC Radio)