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| U.S. company, Synergy Holdings was awarded the US$15 million project to build roads and bridges necessary for the start-up of the Amaila Falls Hydro project, in compliance with the public tendering process, Head o the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon has said.According to Luncheon, the provisions of the Procurement Act were followed through with the award of a contract.President Bharrat Jagdeo announced the award of the contract last month, prompting concerns by some.Environmental activist, Janet Bulkan, wrote that she had not seen a parallel announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency for the preparation of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the access road and bridges and for the alongside path for the electricity transmission lines.The Inter-American Development Bank and the China Development Bank have agreed to finance the US$450 million project.Synergy Holdings’s contract is for the upgrade of approximately 85 kilometers of existing roadway and the design and construction of approximately 110 kilometers of new road. The works also include building bridges across the Essequibo and Kuribrong rivers.In addition, the contract takes into account clearing the way for the installation of a 65-kilometre transmission line.The Amaila Falls hydro-project is expected to supply 150-megawatts of electricity to the country and this will significantly free up resources used to buy fuel to generate electricity. Fip Motilall of Synergy Holdings says that the project will generate 164 megawatts.Guyana’s annual fuel import bill is US$350M. Five bids were received from interested parties to construct the hydropower plant in November 2008, and these bids were forwarded to the project developers and the equity partner, Sithe Global Power.Sithe Global Power, LLC, based in New York, is an international development company involved in the construction, acquisition and operation of electric power generation facilities.The Amaila Falls Hydropower Project is just part of a larger effort to revolutionise Guyana’s power generation infrastructure. The storage dam site would be located near the top of Amaila Falls and would impound the waters of both the Kuribrong and Amalia Rivers.The Amaila site is located on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River in west central Guyana. The nearest point of access is the airstrip at Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro River,Wholesale Jerseys, approximately 15 miles to the south.An overland trail exists from Kaieteur to Amaila. Access is also provided overland by an all-weather road through Tumatumari on the Potaro River and on to Mahdia and Kangaruma.River access along the Potaro-Kuribrong Rivers to the foot of Amaila Falls involves several portages around rapids and waterfalls. The road from Tumatumari was recently extended to Mahdia/Kangaruma that brings you closer to the site but approximately 30 miles of additional roads will need to be built to the top of Amaila Falls. Dr Luncheon said the project has the capacity to transform the economy of Guyana. |
