Region Ten concerned about Baishanlin building roads at Kwakwani

By Jeff Trotman

 

The Region Ten Demo-cratic Council (RDC) continues to be concerned at the manner in which the Linden-Kwakwani Road and internal roads in Kwakwani are being repaired and maintained by Baishanlin and one group led by Phillip Bynoe without the RDC being officially updated on the nature and progress of the works.

“We don’t know the scope,” Regional Chair-man Sharma Solomon said at the RDC’s November statutory meeting. “As far as we were told the Ministry of Public Works will provide the machinery. Somebody will provide the fuel. Somebody will provide the materials on the road and to date, the road has not advanced to show there has been any significant repairs on the road.”

APNU Councillor Maurice Butters said when he visited Kwakwani recently, the internal road that Chinese logging company Baishanlin had been working on “looked good”. He said this was so because of the prolonged dry season. He said that after a few days, he noted that work had stopped and when he enquired about the reason for the stoppage,