Following an intervention by government on behalf of local companies, the contractor for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion is to purchase over US$3.5M in stone from Toolsie Persaud Limited and BK International.
This would mean that China Harbour and Engi-neering Company (CHEC) will source some 95,000 tonnes of aggregate locally and not import from Suriname as it was doing up to last year.
“I am pleased that we will be having local input here into this project,” Minister of Public Infra-structure David Patterson said yesterday at the signing of the agreements, which took place at the CJIA Boardroom at Timehri.