More Monies Allocated for Caracol Road Project

More money was today approved for the Caracol Road Project. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill taken to the House includes an additional one point five million dollars for the Caracol Road. Tens of millions of dollars have already been allocated and approved for the project.

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From the debate over the Supplementary Appropriations Bill #4, the Leader of the Opposition took issue with the fact that the Ministry of Works is getting a little over 1.5 million dollars for construction works for the proposed road to Caracol.

As we told you, this road will cost tens of millions, and back when it was first introduced, the Opposition was among the first to criticize it saying that this money should be spent in areas of higher priority. Well, John Briceno declared today that if his party wins the next general election, he's not so sure that the PUP will support the project's continuation:

Hon. John Briceno, Opposition Leader
"And so now they are in a hurry to be able to push to sign this contract, why are they hurrying if their term is pretty much up they could wait another month or two or three or four because the elections will come sooner or later but it has to come. We have said in this house that the issue of the Caracol road is a rip off it is something that we do not need we do support the first portion up to the entrance of Mountain Pine Ridge but going to rest and spending $180 million dollars, the PM's words not mine, in this house I think it is unconscionable that they are quickly trying to hurry to push to be able to sign contracts with people just because certain people want to enrich themselves. So I want to put these contractors on notice that they should be careful how they are investing in this contract because when we get into the government we are going to review that contract with effect to remove those funds to where the people really need. It can't be about infrastructure, it has to be about people, people are not eating, people are not working so I just want to put the ministry of works, I want to call their attention and the people who are trying to invest in this thing."

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