Ali dismisses concerns of shoddy construction on Schoonord highway

A stretch of the new road (Office of the President photo)

-says some works incomplete

President Irfaan Ali yesterday dismissed concerns raised about substandard works on the $15 billion Schoonord-to-Crane Highway as “empty noises,” saying that some of the works being highlighted were incomplete.

“There is absolutely no concern about Schoonord [road project]. I shared… some information because there are some drain covers. These are covers where the form [board] still has to be removed and this is ongoing,” Ali said when asked yesterday by Stabroek News about the issue.

“And there is a long defects liability period. So it is just empty noises,” he added.