THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has informed that resurfacing of the National Track and Field Facility, West Coast Demerara, done by BSW Regopul of Germany, the same company that had installed the synthetic material back in 2014, has been completed to the tune of G$77M.
Minister Charles Ramson Jr. recently announced that the facility is reopened for usage by athletes and will be the base for the upcoming National Schools Athletic Championships in late November.

“But what is also important is that Guyana could have gotten this (the resurfacing) for free,” Ramson highlighted, adding that the track was under warranty until 2019. The previous administration “did not seize the opportunity to have this relaid.”

“Now the country and the Guyanese people had to pay $77 million just to resurface this.”
“We know the importance of having this resurfacing happen because we had to postpone one of our premier international meets (this year) because of the condition the track was in, that it did not meet the international standard”, the Minister told the media during Wednesday’s site visit.
Costing just over G$1B, the facility was officially opened in April 2015.

Minister Ramson Jr. also indicated they will address the issues with the football field so that all international football can return to the facility.