the govt of Guyana couldn’t spell amaila, they don’t know the final cost, they don’t know how much consumers will pay, they don’t know what the final design will look like and they don’t know where it will be located. fascinating stuff from runaway train to nowhere country. to the future in reverse captain. seat turned backwards, hair blowing in the wind. that little waif dancing in the rearviews of your mind is the skeldon sugar factory.
Design yet to be finalized
“It is unclear how one can determine the cost of a project before a design is finalized or before even identifying a spot. However, that is the state of affairs with the Amaila Falls project.”
Trying to be optimistic, Greenidge said that even though the design is unfinished, “it is probably largely done and they are probably hoping to finalize based upon details about the space situation.
What is even more astonishing is Greenidge’s report that it is still not clear what the chosen spot is.
The former Minister said “one would think that all that would have been assessed before a costing figure could have been arrived at”.
In fact, Geeenidge said that under “normal circumstances” knowing those “important” things would have been the standard procedure to follow by a commercial enterprise.
He said that the spot and design is a determination of the enterprise, but government should have satisfied itself by knowing theses essentials by now.
Greenidge said that government is obviously not in control since it seemed as “they” too are surprised about the revelation. “We are just wondering along.”
At the recent stakeholders’ consultation, Kaieteur News asked about the numerous artist impressions that are in circulation. That question was asked so as to ascertain the most accurate image of the power plant. But Sithe Global noted that artist impressions are irrelevant. What is said to be most important is the engineers’ design. However, Sithe Global neglected to inform that that design is yet to be completed.
Yesterday Harmon said that “The PPP/C is now in a fit to explain the decision it made to take over this project, knowing full well it would suck the lifeblood of this country. The details that are now emerging have made bare the lies being peddled by the PPP/C Government that consumers will see a reduction in their light bills of between 20 to 40 percent. This is simply not true.” He concluded: “We cannot allow persons who are inept at negotiating projects of the scale of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project to continue to throw dust in our eyes.”
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