Admin Complex repairs taking too long — Premier
Millions of dollars are expected to be saved by the government in rental fees once repairs at the Ralph T O’Neal Central Administration Complex have been completed. But Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has suggested that the long-running process has taken up far too much time.
“We have money in [the budget] for the Ralph T O’Neal Central Administration Complex and we’re going to have to see how we’re going to get that project sped up. It’s taking too long,” the Premier said during the budget debate.
Dr Wheatley promised to meet with Works Minister Kye Rymer and representatives from the Finance Ministry to accelerate the project.
The Premier also emphasised the need to save more money for the territory and has again posited that new structures first need to be built to achieve this.
“We have to think about building more space so we could save money on rent and invest that money back into the people, that is something that we have to do,” he argued.
Repairs on the hurricane-damaged government complex began in late 2019 with the removal of debris and work on various sections of the roof. Recent works have included the installation of a new elevator at the complex.
In 2018, the Central Statistics Office estimated the government’s annual rent expenditure to be approximately $6.4 million; a figure that has also been shared in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report.
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Can you imagine Kye spending a million dollars on an elevator that only goes up one {1} floor? WHAT A WASTE!
It takes time to embezzle, arrange kickbacks and payoffs
Why aren’t the RDA dealing with this. They get thing done for the right price and on time.
smoke screen being deployed yet again
Stay on their case Premier. You are the real deal.
Is the project on scheduler? Are items on the critical path on time? How many change orders, if any, have been logged thus far? Is the project on budget? If the project is on schedule, work time increase, ie, overtime on week days and work on weekends will aid speeding completion of the project.
Make our Pentagon into a tourist attraction to show what a Word Power really looks like
A million dollars for an elevator but they crucifying Myron for the wall around the 8 acres of the high school to protect our children.
Only one man I see werking everyday, like is one man repairing this thing. This one man or few man show will cause this repair to done by 2025 parnah
An elevator to lift lazy fat arses one floor?
Get a life and get some exercise, it may per long your life. Use the stairs!