Gov’t concerned over delay in Amaila Falls road

Dr. Roger Luncheon

Government is concerned about the delay in the construction of the road to Amaila Falls but the contractor should be more concerned, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said on Thursday.

“We couldn’t help but [be] concerned about the delays but I would point out that the design of the contract makes the contractor even more concerned because the penalties are quite significant and I can assure they are and will be enforced in this instance for not meeting the drop-dead day,” he said during his weekly post-cabinet media briefing.

Up to earlier this month, four months after being given the go ahead to start the first phase of the Amaila Falls road project, Synergy Holdings Inc was behind schedule having