Synthetic track stuck at phase one after 13 months

Phase one of the synthetic track under construction at Leonora.

Guyana’s under-construction synthetic track at Leonora still remains in phase one  after a year and one month since  the contract was awarded to Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited.

The synthetic track has three phases and  phase one, which deals with setting up the foundation and the drainage and irrigation systems, was expected to last six months, according to