Delinquent T&T company to provide proposal on Conversation Tree-Dennis St project
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad Company, Kallco Guyana Inc. is expected to produce a proposal to the Ministry of Public Work on how it plans to finish the second leg of the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street road project in Georgetown.
Officials from the company yesterday met with the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill and other officials to discuss the way forward for the project, a week after a letter of poor performance was issued to the company.
Following yesterday’s meeting, Edghill said that a proposal is to be handed in by Wednesday. “The meeting is to be continued. Kallco is to bring in a proposal. The meeting is to be continued on Wednesday”, he told Stabroek News. Edghill explained that after the proposal is submitted a decision will be made. “Which includes how they plan to work in keeping with time knowing that they are so far behind. When they bring that we will examine that on Wednesday and we will make the necessary steps after”, he said.
Sixty-five percent of the contract time has elapsed and only about 25 percent of the work has been completed. Coupled with that, residents have been complaining about stagnant water, breeding of mosquitos and lack of access to their properties. When Stabroek News visited the worksite some walls for the drains’ structure were already up while workers were seen constructing the foundation for the drains.
The project begins at the Conversation Tree corridor and connects to Dennis Street. It will be linked to Sheriff Street from the Dennis Street corridor. The project was split into two lots. Lot 8 A of the project is being executed by S. Jagmohan Construction and General Supplies Inc., for $$1,066, 358,738, while Lot 8 B was awarded to Trinidad company, Kallco Guyana Inc., for $830,293,458. The project was awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office last year.
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