The government has terminated the Amaila Falls Access road contract with the Fip Motilall-run Synergy Holdings Inc, citing the contractor’s failure to meet deadlines and the Works Ministry is taking steps to complete the project.
The US$15.4 million contract had been at the centre of criticism from the inception, with questions being raised about the company’s ability to construct roads and to complete large projects. Motilall’s company was awarded the contract after undergoing a tendering process, the government noted, back in 2007.
Reading from a prepared statement yesterday, Transport Minister Robeson Benn, at a brief, hastily-called press conference at his Wight’s Lane, Kingston office, told the media that the decision to
