Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill is again urging contractors to adhere to inscribed deadlines, saying that he is dissatisfied with the pace of work on the hinterland road projects for Region 10, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
The Minister made this statement following a meeting with contractors at the Watooka Guest House on Friday. Noting that 18 days of work has been lost since December 1 when works were set to begin in the Region, he said that contractors must perform or risk losing their contracts.
“I must see evidence of work done on every project between now and Tuesday,” he said, according to DPI.
A report on those works will be submitted to the Minister in the new week.
Edghill also reminded contractors that they must fulfil their obligations so that they could be in good standing for future Government contracts.
“If you can’t justify why you didn’t fulfil what you got, you can’t expect new works when you haven’t finished old works,” he said.
The Minister asked Linden’s Mayor, Waneka Arrindell, to supervise road upgrades being executed by the Ministry’s Force Account to repair Burnham Drive in the township.
“It is not a private arrangement… This is public works, public money and there must be scrutiny”, he said, according to DPI
