Govt takes on completion of D’Urban Park

With the recent appointment of the Public Infrastructure Ministry’s role as to take over the D’Urban Park project, the responsibility of funding the venture now lies primarily in the hands of the Government.
This was disclosed during the post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday where Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, cited that the President has made all indications that Government should now fully take over the project financially.
This decision comes one week after several media reports about the shabby works that were being carried out at the multimillion-dollar project.
Meanwhile, Trotman said Government is ready to take up complete responsibility of the project, even as it is in the last few phases.
The comment was made after the Minister was questioned about the amount of money that Government has deposited into the project since it has been place under the administration of the Public Infrastructure Ministry only recently.
This is opposed to the project previously being a Private-Public Partnership where resources acquired for its completion was contributed by munificent organisations or individuals.
Trotman disclosed that since the appointment had been made by the Head of State, Minister Patterson along with his technical team, has been engaged in analysing the site to determine the way forward.
Even though being the administrator of such a large project can be time consuming, Trotman vouched for Patterson citing that he would not neglect his other duties as Minister.
Patterson is scheduled to present to Cabinet during its next meeting, a comprehensive memo on plans for the project.
Meanwhile, during a separate meeting, Patterson met with a number of stakeholders that would be included in the project where he was briefed on the ongoing work at the site.
During this time, the technical team headed by Patterson also discussed their ground plans on what they are looking forward to doing within the next 21 days.
On Tuesday, President Granger had assigned Patterson with the full responsibility of overlooking the development project of the D’urban Park.
The President during this time made it clear to the public domain that the Government will be working tirelessly in order to have the facility completed in the nearest time possible, while maintaining quality work so that the safety is assured.
Speaking on the appointment as overseer of the project, Patterson cited that the Ministry will be unwavering in fulfilling its given task despite any complications presented.
Patterson assured that the Infrastructure Ministry is more than competent of supervising the given project and will do so to the best of its ability so that ultimate quality is achieved.
The Minister additionally informed that the Ministry’s engineers and technical team has already visited the location to assess the current state and from this, will determine what needs to done.
With the rainy season quickly approaching, Patterson admitted that this may pose some difficulties in terms of the construction work process but nonetheless they will give it their best shot.
He gave surety that the project will be completed in the deadline that has been indicated by the Head of State.