-scheduled to be finished before end of July 2025
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) on Monday said that the Pouderoyen Pump Station is around 30% completed and is on track for completion before the end of July next year.
It ws responding to a report in Monday’s Stabroek News which said that a visit to the site showed very little sign of progress.
The MoA’s release stated that according to the consultant’s report on September 22, 2024, construction of the $981.2 million pump station commenced in January 2024 and it is scheduled for completion before the end of July, 2025. The report, MoA says, states that the access road leading to the pump station has been completed up to crushed stone level and the site cleared. The report also said that the installation of the greenheart test pile and permanent timber revetments had been completed. Furthermore, a 36” high-density polyurethane tube pipe for drainage to the area north of the sluice was installed while the installation of steel sheet pile permanent revetment north and south of the sluice was also completed.
