– Dr. Luncheon
HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon has announced a new date for the completion of the Amaila Falls road project. He said, Wednesday, that works on the roadway are proceeding under the agreement made by the contractor, President of Synergy Holdings Inc., Mr. Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall, the consultants and the Government of Guyana, to introduce sub-contracting to expedite them.
Luncheon explained: “The commitment in the adoption of the sub-contracting and other interventions have been seen as allowing a conclusion of the project within the first quarter of 2012… March/April is now mooted as the date of completion.”
The roadway that Synergy Holdings is building is to pave the way for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project, which is described as just part of a larger effort to revolutionise Guyana’s power generation infrastructure.
Despite delays, the HPS pointed out that completing the road is not linked to financial closure on the entire project, which depends on the parties involved agreeing to a financing package “to get the work done”.
He maintained that the road is not included in those considerations as the contractor has to agree on how to finance it and to be certain that that funding is available. Thus, ensuring that when the construction starts it will not be encumbered by access difficulties, Luncheon stated.
Motilall’s company, Synergy Holdings Inc. secured a US$15M contract for construction of the road leading to the site of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project.
But progress was dogged by rain earlier in the year and a shortage of materials and manpower, prompting Cabinet to consider the option of Synergy’s sub-contracting elements of the ongoing job.