Development in local sports: FIFA-standard lighting for Burnham Park Synthetic Track – Ramson

Sports Minister Charles Ramson Jr has said he cannot give a proposed completion date for the New Amsterdam Synthetic Track, which is being constructed at the Burnham Park. However, he revealed that the facility will be outfitted with FIFA-standard lighting.
While no date has been set for completion of the Burnham Park Synthetic Track, Sports Minister Charles Ramson Jr says work is moving apace.
According to him, FIFA-standard lighting will be installed at the facility.
Noting that the contract has already been awarded and the synthetic material for the base of the track has already been purchased, Ramson shared, “That’s already in my possession. The reason why we haven’t moved forward with it as yet is because we had to finish the one in Linden, which should be finished over the next couple of days, and then they move on to resurfacing the one at Leonora, which has already been paid for.”
He explained that the reason why the projects were not done simultaneously was because the laying of the synthetic material had to be supervised by the consultant from the German Company BSW Regupol.
“They are there at Linden right now, and then they move on to Leonora to supervise the resurfacing of Leonora.”
However, a second consultant will be needed for the New Amsterdam facility. This second consultant will supervise the laying of the asphalt at Burnham Park.
“…because there are two different contractors with very specific types of skills. That is how the nature of the work is,” Ramson Jr said.
He explained that the margin of error in the laying of the asphalt is five millimetres. This is why the consultant must be there to supervise the process.
The synthetic material will be installed after the asphaltic surface is in place.
He said timelines could not be given at this point in time. “Because it has to do with the availability of those two individuals coming out of Germany. But what I can say is that you have two projects that are going on currently.”
Work is currently taking place to build one of the stands at the New Amsterdam facility, and the second project is preparing for the FIFA-standard lights which Minster Ramson Jr said will be installed shortly.
Preparatory work for the New Amsterdam Synthetic Track commenced in 2018, and by the end of that year, phase three of the project, which entailed ground preparations, had begun.
The two initial phases consisted of preliminary works, surveys and the tendering process.