Even as government awaits funding on the US$759m gas-to-energy (GTE) project, works are forging ahead at the West Bank Demerara site with pipe laying, constructing of internal roads and a materials offloading wharf, pile driving, as well as land preparation and other tasks.
And while sources state that only 5 per cent of the 200 kilometres of pipelines to be laid for the completion of the project has been done to date, work continues daily on that process, but “a lot of groundwork is happening.”
GTE project lead, Winston Brassington, told the Sunday Stabroek that approximately “443,000 m2 or 44.30 hectares” of land is being cleared onshore. Breaking down the works he said that at the integrated site plant (IPS), 403,930 m2 have been cleared; at the Materials Offloading Facility (MOF), 18,000 m2; at the Lay Down Area, 19,238.25 m2, and the Heavy Haul Road (HHR), 17,900 m2.
