APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson yesterday grilled Public Works Minister Juan Edghill about the delay in the Cemetery Road expansion project and heard that superstitions and weather had been factors. A publication in the State-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper in March had stated that the road work in question was “progressing smoothly” and was expected to be completed by July 19, 2023.
Ferguson made reference to this article and, noting yesterday’s date (July 20), asked Edghill to state whether or not the project would be completed in this month and if not to give the cause of the delay.
In response to the question, the Minister of Public Works admitted that the project was in fact to-date uncompleted, and proceeded to note two major reasons for the delay: