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Albion Community Centre lighting project progressing smoothly
Guyana will soon be blessed with another sports facility which should fit international standards with the posting of floodlights at the Albion Community Centre ground. The project which is being done at a cost of $91M is being done in three phases.
The first phase includes the supply of the equipment to provide the
Dr. Frank Anthony & team inspect one of the six completed foundations at the Albion Sports Complex.
floodlights. Phase two includes the actual construction which entails placing of the foundation and erection of towers; while the third phase would see the project coming to being with the installation of all the imported equipment and powering of the system.
According to estimation, should everything work to plan, the project should be completed by March 15th.
Sports Minister Dr Frank Anthony was elated to receive such information and plans to stage an exhibition cricket game at the venue, following the official commissioning of the floodlights.
The project is now in its second phase with the first phase being completed with the arrival of the Electrical Components from Overseas. That aspect was delayed due to some shipping problems.
The second phase which is being undertaken by Cummings Electrical and supervised by Engineering Consultant and Engineering Firm is now in full swing with the construction of the foundation for the towers around the ground.
Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr. Frank Anthony accompanied by Permanent Secretary Alfred King on Monday paid a visit to the project site where he inspected the work being done and expressed his satisfaction despite the earlier hiccups.
The Minister during his inspection and discourse stated that, “We are setting up this complex to meet the International Cricket Council’s standards so in order to attract international matches and other national and international sports.”
Minister Anthony stated that the Government is committed to provide facilities for the population and taking the Albion Sports Complex to another level is part of its commitment.
The power control room under construction at the Albion Sports Complex.
He said that additional facilities such as drainage, outfield and enhanced seating arrangements will be addressed by the Government after the lighting project is completed.
There will be six towers with seventeen luminaries on each pole, totaling 102 -1500 watts bulbs which will be powered by Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. a high power generator is expected to be acquired in the near future.
Also present at the activity were Vice-Chairman of Region 6 – Bhupaul Jhagroo, Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O) of Cummings Electrical – Michael Cummings and senior functionaries of GuySuCo.
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