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Amaila Falls Road 15 per cent complete

Feb 27, 2011 News

…contractor will be penalized if necessary – Dr Luncheon

“The government couldn’t help but be concerned about the delays,” as these relate to the construction of the Amaila Falls Road Project currently being undertaken by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc.
This is according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, who recently told media operatives that that the contractor should be even more worried because the design of the contract stipulates stringent penalties.
“The penalties are quite significant and will be enforced for not meeting the drop dead date.”
Senior Engineer at the Ministry of Public Works, Walter Willis, said that there were not delays as such but rather lost days which had to be given back to the contractor.
Willis pointed out that the first notice to proceed was given in October 5 for some sections of the road. On January 11 the next notice to proceed was issued and this section entailed virgin forest.
Willis confirmed that some 15 per cent of the road has already been completed.
The breakdown of the project awarded to Synergy Holdings Inc states that the upgrade of 89km of road will cost US$3.9M; the 110km of virgin roadway, US $7M, the two pontoon crossings or a bridge will be US$1.5M and ‘T’ line clearing is said to be US$3M.
Hand in Hand Group of Companies is the company that has backed Synergy Holdings Inc. with the US$3M mobilization and security bonds which was a prerequisite to securing the recently awarded Amaila Falls Road contract.
The road that Synergy Holding is building is to pave the way for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project which is described as just part of a larger effort to revolutionise Guyana’s power generation infrastructure.
The storage dam site would be located near the top of Amaila Falls and would impound the waters of both the Kuribrong and Amaila Rivers.
The Amaila site is located on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River in West Central Guyana. The nearest point of access is the airstrip at Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro River, approximately 15 miles to the south.
An overland trail exists from Kaieteur to Amaila. Access is also provided overland by an all-weather road through Tumatumari on the Potaro River and on to Mahdia and Kangaruma.
River access along the Potaro-Kuribrong Rivers to the foot of Amaila Falls involves several portages around rapids and waterfalls.
The road from Tumatumari was recently extended to Mahdia/Kangaruma that brings you closer to the site but approximately 30 miles of additional roads will need to be built to the top of Amaila Falls

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