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Aug 16, 2016 News
The $605M La Parfaite Harmonie Access road which was experiencing spot failures has been rectified by one of the contractors, Gaico Construction.

A section of the road that was experiencing spot failures has been fixed by one of the contractors, Gaico Construction.
A few weeks ago, the section of the road was featured on the front page of the Kaieteur News with the caption: “Road built to last 20 years crumbles in 20 months,” and had resulted in a few raised eyebrows.
Gaico Construction’s General Manager Komal Singh, had responded almost immediately where he had explained that the spot failures were due primarily to the traversing of muddied tractors during the construction period.
He had also stated that this was unavoidable since the farmer was at the time harvesting his crop and was making preparations for the next crop.
All these he had pointed out, were occurring at a time when the company was under pressure to complete the job.
Singh had stated via email that his company never runs from its responsibility, which is to give the stakeholders value for money spent. He then assured this publication that his company was going to rectify the spot failures, although the defects liability period was over.
During a visit yesterday, Kaieteur News observed that all the potholes were filled and there was a smooth flow of traffic. This publication understands that the works were carried out one day after the article was published.
The highway was commissioned by the former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar and former Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali.
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