CJIA expansion delayed as budget cuts bite deep
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A $5.3B budget cut earlier this year has affected the start of construction of a new terminal building at CJIA, Guyana’s main airport.
By Leonard Gildarie
A $5.3B budget cut, earlier this year, to funding for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), has resulted in a delay of construction works. The Government and the contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), had been targeting a June start.
CJIA’s Chief Executive Officer, Ramesh Ghir, on Wednesday confirmed that works were “not necessarily at the place” where stakeholders involved in the project would like it to be.
CHEC is already here, with the design phase now being worked on, as uncertainty remains when and if the monies will be released this year.