With about 60 per cent of the project time having already elapsed, the Amaila Falls access road project at the end of March was only about 22 per cent complete prompting the government to advise contractor Fip Motilall to subcontract some of the work as well as to increase his labour force on the site.
Senior government engineer Walter Willis explained to this newspaper that Motilall, the President of Synergy Holdings Inc, had been advised to subcontract some of the work, especially parts related to the construction of bridges. He said the government had advised him to pour more resources into his operations. This, he explained, would mean that Motilall may need to acquire additional labour. He said Synergy Holdings has started only one of the 15 timber bridges that it has been contracted to do. This bridge is only about 18 per cent complete.
Last month, Motilall told reporters that La Niña had badly affected the project. Speaking to reporters after the launch of the Environmental Social and Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Amaila Falls hydropower project at the
