Seven months after the contractor wrapped up work and left, the airstrip at Wakenaam on the Essequibo River remains incomplete with the paving of the runway still to begin.
Chairman of the Wakenaam Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Zakir Khan told Stabroek News during a visit to the Essequibo River island on Wednesday that based on the schedule of work, the much-debated $54.4M airfield was completed. He explained that the contractor had completed his part and fulfilled the specifications. “I am not too sure whether that was the final phase of the work,” he added. Khan said that the authorities are still looking to pave the runway but he did not know when this would happen.
Millions of dollars were put aside for the project in the national budgets of the past four years but the venture encountered several hiccups before work started. Some work began last year February, but it was not until August that the