New Chinese ferries may force modifications to bungled stelling

A close-up of the buckled end beam of the loading ramp of the Good Hope Stelling. (Stabroek News file photo/May 2010)

While repairs to the bungled Good Hope stelling on the Essequibo Coast are ongoing, further modifications to cater for the roll-on roll-off ferries being sourced from the Chinese may be needed.

Works commenced recently on the $431 million stelling to make the structure operational and the administration noted late last year that the cost to do this might be in the vicinity of $50 million. This newspaper was told that the repair works are being undertaken as even as a recent report, submitted by two engineers who were selected by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds to review the works undertaken at the stelling last year,