Government will continue with the upkeep of the Amaila Falls Access Road since it believes it is the link to the single most important infrastructural project needed for Guyana’s economic development – the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project (AFHP), which it is working to make a reality.
“The Amaila road project it is not a road to nowhere. It is a road to everywhere in terms of our economic development,” Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn told Stabroek News in an interview when asked for the rationale behind millions still being spent on the road.
Benn said the road was “substantially complete” and will continue to be maintained by the state after the respective contractors’ six months’ maintenance period is