Infrastructure ministry to provide info to audit office for D’Urban Park probe

The floor of the VIP section of D’Urban Park was recently replaced ahead of the Republic anniversary flag-raising ceremony. Despite the more than $1 billion spent on the facility, critics have said poor work and substandard building materials have created more expenses. (Stabroek News file photo)

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has indicated its intention to provide the Audit Office with some information about money spent on the billion-dollar D’Urban Park Development Project, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma, who says that he is yet to hear from the private developer responsible for the initial work.

Sharma told this newspaper last week that he has gotten no information “directly” from Homestretch Development Inc (HDI). He wrote to the company about a month ago requesting information relating to the investigation of the project. To date, he has gotten no response.

Instead, he was informed that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has some information, which will be copied and handed over.