The
Ministry of Public Works of Liberia has signed a multimillion dollar
contract with a Chinese company for the full pavement of Phase-I of the
Fish Town-Harper Road Project being mutually financed by the Government
of Liberia and the African Development Bank.
The
China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group Company Limited is said to cement
the 50 kilometre road from Harper City to Karloken in Maryland County.
The contract value is a little over 42.7 Million dollars and the real
construction period is 2 years with 1 year of defects liability.
During
the signing ceremony, newly appointed Public Minister, William Gyude
Moore advised the contractor to take into consideration the issues of
quality, durability and value for money.
He
said that the road to be constructed is relatively noteworthy for
socio-economic development of the country predominantly the
south-eastern part of Liberia and the Ministry will ensure that the
contractor does quality work; adding that monitoring and supervision
will be prioritized at all stages of the project.
The
Public Works’ official also noted that his leadership is wellinformed
with the challenges that lay ahead and will safeguard that there is
veracity in the contract awarding process, while ensuring the quality of
the products that come out of that process. He thanked his predecessors
Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods for his leadership and influence on this
project and Dr. Weeks and the MPW team for working with the ADB and
contractor to bring the project to reality.
He
equally acknowledged the presence of the Chinese Embassy Deputy Chief
of Mission to Liberia and went on to add that as a result of the Ebola
outbreak,most foreign companies fled the country but the partnership
with the Government and people of China has remained strong and we
intend that while we are here providing leadership at the level of the
Ministry of Public Works to continue that partnership with the
Government and people of China and Chinese companies coming here to do
business.
"For
the people of Liberia the best way to improve our country is these
things that we call economic multipliers-power, roads,
telecommunications; in effect the infrastructure that makes it easier
for business people to do business; for goods to move across the
country.
We
have been concerned about the southeast; that every rainy season this
part of the country gets cut-off. The prices of goods and services go
up; aggravating poverty in places that our already economically
depressed and so we are very happy about this," Minister Moore averred.
For
the Contractor, the Minister said that 'We know for China Railway No. 5
Engineering Group Company winning a contract from a multilateral
financing agency is a prestigious thing for you because after this, it
goes on your profile indicating the works you have won before and this
is an international competitive bid that you won as there were other
companies'.... 'We hope we can work with the project team to deliver to
the Liberian people value for money and the best quality road that can
allow our brothers and sisters from the Ivory Coast to drive to
Liberia'.
Concluding,
he said his company won the international competitive bidding for
phase-I of the Fish Town-Harper Road not just because of its lowest
bidder status as compared to other competitors but also because of the
company's long track record of undertaking large infrastructure and
delivering high quality to clients.
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