Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says he is only willing to meet the management of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) if it is to discuss maintenance and repairs of the bridge even as he slammed the firm for refusing to allow government to undertake repairs to the key artery.
“…what that company has not addressed is why after nine months of this same government having made the sum of [$120 million] available for the repairs of at least six of the pontoons that support this bridge, that they have refused to allow us to proceed with these repairs,” Patterson wrote, in sharing on his Facebook page on Friday, an article from the online news site iNews, about him refusing to meet with the BBCI to discuss a possible sale of the bridge.
“I am willing to meet at any time to further discuss the maintenance and repairs of this bridge ONLY. The legal case is being handled by the Attorney General’s Chamber, while financial matters remain under the domain of the Ministry of Finance,” he added.
