The discovery by external consultants that the original specifications for the Amaila Falls access road were poorly designed could provide an escape route for the contractor Fip Motilall not to fulfil his contract, consumer activist Ramon Gaskin fears.
Gaskin, during a telephone interview with this newspaper, said the report by the consultants could work in Motilall’s favour especially since he is far behind on the US$15.4 million project. Gaskin said Motilall could also claim that he was having difficulty with the road because the specifications were wrong. “This is not the reason he is having difficulty.