Linden works committee puts Digicel rehab project on hold

The turning of the sod ceremony

By Jeff Trotman

The Works and Buildings Committee of the Linden IMC yesterday voted to put on hold the construction of a multi-million dollar rehabilitation centre for children with special needs, one day after the sod was turned at the spot where work was slated to begin by month end.

The committee made the decision because the entire building plan had not been approved.

An elaborate turning of the sod ceremony was held on Wednesday at the proposed site of the project in Speightland next to the Egbert Benjamin Interpretation Centre in the vicinity of the cenotaph. Jacqueline James, Head of Marketing, Digicel, informed Stabroek News at the turning of the sod ceremony that the state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre was expected to cater for about sixty children in an effort to bring the level of education they