A court ruling against the government over several plots of land at Wales, West Bank Demerara could complicate plans for the proposed US$900 million gas-to-shore project.
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, SC, recently ruled that government holding company NICIL unlawfully terminated a number of agreements regarding the lease of former sugar estate lands, which are in the path of the proposed terrestrial pipeline.
“There are areas at Wales, leased by NICIL…that would fall into the path of the project. With the Chief Justice’s ruling and possibility for appeal and the time that takes, it could and could not impact the project. How government works around that is left to be decided,” a source told Sunday Stabroek.
