Work on the Leguan Stelling has stalled in the face of an impasse over funds between the contractor S Maraj Contracting Services and the government.
Sattrohan Maraj of S Maraj Contracting Services said in response to a question from this newspaper that the project was 98% completed, with only work on a link span to be finalised. However, that was stalled over payment for work already done – a sum of some $50 million – and also money outstanding to complete the stelling.
Maraj said that through his communication with the Ministry of Public Works, he understood that the minister might need to go to cabinet for money. “I don’t know how long that will take but until they pay us for works complete we can’t move forward because remember I explained earlier that there were other things that wasn’t catered for.”
