With a total of $7.6 billion from its overall $15.8 billion contract sum awarded for the building of the government mega office complex at Haags Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday assured that the former landfill site poses no environmental risk.
He noted that all of the preliminary works that had to be done have been completed and “we are very well advanced on this project at this point and time.”
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson, expressed concern about areas near the former dumpsite being transformed into lands for daily office use and of the sums expended to date. “Can the honourable member state whether an Environmental Impact Assessment was done to determine if the area is conducive for an office, Sir? She questioned while adding, “the area is smelly on a daily basis and you can’t put humans there.”