Local Jamaican Contractors Like Thieves in the Temple

 


Local Jamaican contractors were upset that the major contracts are going to China and not to them. This is what happens when you throw them a bone and give them a contract. They continue to do to us what they have always done, Rape and Pillage the Jamaican Society with their never-ending contract extensions for shoddy work, as they milk and breed the Taxpayers. They are consumed by greed, selfishness, self-importance and a complete disregard for human decency. 

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will complete the St. Thomas Highway long before these thieves complete this small piece of road and it will cost more that the entire St. Thomas highway system when they are done extending and prolonging the work. They all should be arrested and charged with corruption and robbery.


Who can forget the Christiana's bypass to Heaven? $800-million price tag for two lanes of a SINGLE kilometre of road. This price, we are told, did not include the cost of land already purchased or to be purchased to complete this expensive project. Compared this to 33-kilometre stretch of road from Mandela Highway to Sandy Bay in Clarendon cost, on average, $390 million per kilometre.


*In some countries these Contractors would be put up against a wall and shot!


In 2017, the local contractors for the redevelopment of the 18.4 kilometres Junction Road announced that the project would cost J$626 million – in 2017 money.  The first phase was the 4.8-kilometre stretch between Broadgate and Agualta Vale, has not, it seems, been completed even though more than J$1 billion has been spent. In contrast,  the St. Thomas leg of highway 2000 is almost finish. 

Throwing in the towel on the Junction road — a teachable moment

2023-03-19


After more than a billion dollars spent, massive budget overrun, and incomplete status five years after its scheduled completion, major construction works on the notorious Junction road linking Kingston and St Mary may have to be abandoned, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated.

Throwing in the towel on the Junction road — a teachable moment



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