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Jan 12, 2012 Letters
Dear Editor,
Your report ‘Two local contractors to help ‘Fip’ finish US$ 15.4M road’ (Kaieteur News 08 January 2012) appears to exaggerate progress on this shambles. Section 2 is the piece branching off from the
Mabura Road. At the end of December 2011, this piece was an unconsolidated stretch of crudely bulldozed sand with shallow side drains, while the specification calls for a consolidated 300 mm thickness of white-sand-clay.
The road should be able to take 100-tonne loads, but the little bridge just 2 km from the Mabura Road junction is hardly big enough for a small truck. The specification calls for a consolidated 150 mm thickness of laterite on top of the clay-sand base. Instead, there was just 3.6 km of a thin skin of laterite, also not consolidated.
It is a sure bet that no local contractors are going to be able to finish this road to the design specification by March/April 2012. Have you ascertained what penalties have already been paid by Synergy Holdings Inc. for having missed three deadlines?
Janette Bulkan
Editor’s note: To date there have been no penalties awarded because the government said that it modified aspects of the project, warranting an expansion of the deadline.
Any report on the progress was provided by the authorities, especially since Mr Fip Motilall failed to honour his promise given six months ago to take a media team on a tour.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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