Less than a year after $7 million was spent to construct a timber revetment at Baracara along the Canje Creek the structure is falling apart.
According to the 2016 Auditor General’s Report, the Administration of Region 6, awarded the contract for the construction of a timber revetment at Baracara, Canje Creek to the second lowest of eight bidders in the sum of $7.521 million without giving reasons why the lowest bidder was not considered.
While at 31 December 2016, the sum of $7.521 million was paid to the contractor, a physical verification of the project revealed that the timber piles used for the revetment are of poor quality and are already deteriorating.
