Dear Editor,
Did Mr Fip Motilall of Synergy just equate building 13 miles of road in Georgia and 9 miles in Florida for a grand total of 22 miles of road in subdivisions in developed and urban areas to “significant road building experience”? Did he equate that limited road-building experience to the expertise and experience required to upgrade approximately 85 km of existing roadway and to design and construct approximately 110 km of virgin roadway in some of the most dense and formidable forested areas on the planet? Since when does 22 miles or 35.4 kms equal 110 kms? Since when does clearing virgin forest to build 9 miles or 14.5 kms of road in Florida equate to clearing virgin forest to build 110 km of road in Guyana?
The website for synergyholdings.net has a link to Cabbage Woods Ranches. The photos on the advertisement reveal nothing of dense forests like those Synergy will have to dominate to build the road to Amaila. The location is described as “High, Dry, Pristine scattered with oak and trees and cabbage palm trees.” No evidence or indication of the dense virgin forest like that in the Guyana interior that Synergy must clear.
Did Synergy build the roads in Georgia and Florida itself or did it subcontract the work to other companies with road building experience? The contract Mr Motilall won also requires the design and construction of two new pontoon crossings at the Essequibo and Kuribrong rivers and the clearing of a pathway alongside the roadways to allow for the installation of approximately 65 km of transmission lines. What experience and expertise does Synergy have in building pontoon crossings? Has Synergy built this kind of crossing anywhere in the USA? Has Synergy ever cleared pathways alongside the roadways in Georgia and Florida or elsewhere in the USA?
Were the roads in Florida and Georgia paved? Were they capable of allowing massive loads and heavy machinery to regularly traverse them? Were they built in areas affected by heavy rainfall or were they swampy areas? Not because Mr Motilall went into the forest many times and not because he knows where the road has to be built will give him any advantage over an experienced road builder.
Yours faithfully,
M. Maxwell
