Citing the active court case related to the issue, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has declined an invitation from the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) to discuss “a fair and reasonable offer…for the purchase of the ownership of the Bridge.”
In a letter, dated August 26th, BBCI referenced an interview on the National Communications Network (NCN) during which Patterson reportedly claimed that government had offered to purchase the ownership of the Berbice River Bridge from the BBCI. The company said that it was ready to meet and consider the offer.
“We have no record of the government making such an offer, but, given your, now, very public statement, that the government is willing to make a fair and reasonable offer to us for the purchase of the ownership of the bridge, we are pleased to inform you that we are ready to meet at your earliest convenience to consider the government’s offer,” the letter, signed by Corporate Secretary Stephen Rambhajan, said.
