Ports project heading downhill with delays; Skelton-Cline takes action!
The National Democratic Party (NDP) regime that sees this project as its meal ticket to the next elections constitutionally due by November of this year but cannot go beyond February 2016 is doing battle with contractors over the delays and violations of clauses in the contract.
However, contractors continue to write the BVI Ports Authority requesting more money for the project.
The latest letter, which was obtained by our news room from sources within the BVI Ports Authority, was written by Managing Director Claude Skelton-Cline to IDL Projects and Meridian Construction Joint Venture Co. Ltd., dated January 6, 2015.
In the letter, Mr Skelton-Cline addressed that the contractor has failed to comply with clause 8.2-Time for Completion of the contact, which is the Northeast berth.
The letter, which is now widely circulated on the streets of Tortola, spoke to the second delay after the original time of the completion date of the seaside portion was already extended.
It seems like the project delays are heading for a showdown that could cost more delays to the project as information obtained by our news room is that IDL Projects and Meridian Constructions Joint Venture Co. Ltd. has already written the BVI Ports Authority requesting more money for the project.
According to the delay pursuant to clause 8.7, the BVI Ports Authority could claim delay damages at a rate of 0.1%.
It remains unclear what will be the next step for the project with this new development.
Contacted for comment, Public Relations Officer at the BVI Ports Authority Ms April T. Glasgow promised a response later in the morning, January 8, 2015 while Mr Percy Rhoden of IDL Projects and Meridian Construction could not be reached.
Ports Project- A dark cloud
While the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has supported the Ports Development Project they continue to ask questions about the process.
Two reports on the project, one conducted by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Assembly and the other by the Auditor General of the Virgin Islands Mrs Sonia M. Webster, both concluded that the project was filled with conflict of interest, breaking of laws, corruption and that no one was looking out for the public’s interest.
Both Opposition parties- the VIP and the People’ Empowerment Party- have called on the Governor to conduct a Commission of Inquiry into the Project and await a decision from Governor John S. Duncan OBE.
38 Responses to “Ports project heading downhill with delays; Skelton-Cline takes action!”
go vino go
well he better stay close to his doctor as there are more to come..heard they call in J@ms!e to save the project!!
'don't mention the CURRUPT word' - it sound soh but t' ain spell soh - CORRUPT - jeez!
'more in the MOTA' - MORTAR!!!! Use google. It will tell you what it means!
'hear claude BUSTING a VAIN' - again, that thing that carry blood back to the heart after it dump the oxygen? it sound soh but t'ain spell soh - VEIN, and BURSTING!!!
'pressure bust pipe' - same principle as above - BURST
'a few NDPs WASTE deep' - weh dem is? WAIST deep in waste at Pockwood Pond?
I should really have been an English teacher as then I'd have been a part of the solution and not a bystander watching us fail!!!!