What happened to the Linden to Lethem transportation link?

Dear Editor,
Why must this nation continue to accept mediocrity on this proposed plan to construct the Linden to Lethem transportation link? Since August 2018 the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced that the Guyanese and Brazilian authorities were working to complete the design of the Linden-Kurupukari end of the road. Yet, to date, nothing!
To understand the genesis of this executive incompetence on the part of team Granger, one must read the 2018 Auditor General Report (2018 AG Report); it is a real eye-opener. According to that report, some $224 million was approved in the 2018 budget to fund the consultancy for part of this road. What happened in reality – nothing was done!
This was after the APNU/AFC in the 2018 budget, promised this nation that it “will be launching the feasibility studies and detailed designs for the first phase of the Linden-Lethem road, covering the section from Linden to Mabura Hill, thereby improving access to hinterland communities and Northern Brazil; while opening new economic opportunities along the corridor”. But after 2 years and 2 months, all we got from team Granger was hot air.
The British quite rightly placed the external funding on hold after September 18, 2019, because of the illegal nature of the Granger regime but rather than jumping with some local funds to at least build one kilometre of the roadway, the Granger group left the residents of the Hinterland to suffer as the road deteriorated, further delaying access to Lethem from Linden by as much as 8 hours. How many more promised will this illegal Granger group break before March 2, 2020?
All team Granger has been doing since coming to office was launching one study after another, but when it came to actually doing real work, it seems that if there are no personal benefits in the deal for them – then no deal. Rather this Granger group seems more interested in doing small bits of work in the hinterland at astronomical prices as they continue to pull wool over the people’s eyes on their wanton acts of corruption.
As an example, some 2.4 km of the road at Lethem was done and, in the process, the taxpayers were “hit up” for some $473 million to progress this work. The engineering estimate of similar civil works in similar conditions illustrates such a project should cost no more than $250 million since all the raw material can readily be purchased in Brazil which is nearby. So why was the contractor paid almost double the real value for this road? Lucky contractors; unlucky taxpayers!
The task of creating a modern road network from Linden to Lethem is not impossible but it requires leadership, vision, and willpower to get it done. After four years and six months, clearly, we have enough evidence to prove that we cannot expect that from Mr David Arthur Granger.

With regards,
Sasenarine Singh