Work on the Bailey bridge is expected to be completed by Mid-February 2023.
The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister and MP for North Windward, Montgomery Daniel, in an interview with NBC Radio this morning.
The bridge is expected to address the issues of stranded pedestrians and motorists when these rivers are in flow as a result of heavy rains.
The crossing at the Overland and Noel rivers have been problematic whenever there is heavy rainfall.
They overflow onto the roadway, making the areas inaccessible to both vehicles and pedestrian traffic.
On Christmas eve in 2021, scores of people were trapped for hours on the bank of the Overland River, and did not get home until in the wee hours of Christmas Day
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