Georgetown : Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, in the company of Chief Executive Officer CEO) National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Lionel Wordsworth, inspected the progress of the work ongoing on the $3.6Billion Hope Canal project that was advanced by the Administration to reduce flooding on the East Coast.
According to a GINA release, the visit was also to advance contractors the idea of extending their work hours to guarantee the four components of the project to meet the stipulated June 2013 deadline.
In light of the good weather now being experienced, he urged that they push in extra hours. “I want all of the contractors to begin working as many hours as possible…It could be that we start early and we work until evening, or we work extended hours in the night,” the Minister said.
The effort is aimed towards getting the contractors to complete specific aspects of the works before the advent of the next rainy period.
“We should cater that the December-January rain will come and so therefore finish your work in November because if you finish it in November even if the rain comes, you will be able to deal with it,” the Minister said.
Meanwhile, Minister Ramsammy said construction on the Relief Canal is 75 percent completed with less than one kilometer more to the conservancy and the ocean side. The Channel will be 10.3 kilometers from the conservancy to the Atlantic Ocean and will feature a shallow area.
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