Hope Canal project costs overrun to blame for latest missed deadline – Luncheon

The eight-door sluice at the Hope canal. (Government Information Agency photo)

Overrun in costs has been blamed for the latest missed deadline for the completion of the US$15M Hope Canal Project, which was expected to be done by December 31, 2014.

The Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon as saying that most of the work is completed and the eight-door sluice is soon to be completed.

Luncheon said, “Once you have expenditure that cannot be recovered,