Documents missing for Pier Park Project; Audit Report incomplete
Critics have already dismissed the now public report as biased and lacking credibility because it is, “Government auditing themselves.”
What’s in the report
A number of files have ‘mysteriously’ gone missing; the Charterland Chartered Surveyors Property Consultants report notes.
According to the Report, “…we have been unable to review details or either the original budget or the assessed final costs and thus we have no specific details, as result, cannot opine, justify or comment on the increases apart from the opinion stated based on experience.”
The report also stated that “some building did not follow proper process, others did.”
The Report said in the end there was not enough information available, so a conclusion of corruption and lack of value for money could be made.
The Charterland report further stated, “…we reiterate that we have not been provided with a detailed original estimate sufficient to enable us to carry out a more in depth analysis.”
In another compelling conclusion that undermined the very report Charterland stated, “information and details of the original budget were scant…Specific details on scope of work, estimates, line items and cost information are essentially non-existent.”
The people need to know
The Report cited as example that Development costs increased by some $4,915,905, adding however, “…we lack details as we were unable to identify the reason for the increase.”
The report noted that the Tortola Park Infrastructure cost was originally budget for $18,608,480, however, the final cost was a whopping $37,032,690, an increase of $18, 423, 210.
According to the Report, statements claiming value for money by, Honourable Mark V. Vanterpool (R4) the Minister for Communications and Works, is not necessarily accurate.
A financial consultant speaking to our news Centre explained the situation saying, “…if you are given an estimate to build a house for $50.00 and at the end of the construction it ended up with a cost $95.00, then without proper information, as to where the extra $45.00 went, this could be described, as the case with the Pier Park Development.”
What others said already
The question the public now needs to ask is, why has the information needed by the Charterland Chartered Surveyors Property Consultants disappeared? Where did it go?
Auditor General Ms. Sonia M. Webster, the HoA Public Accounts Committee and the original project manager Hugh E. Darley, have all said with consistency , there was corruption, conflict of interest, no value for money, no one looking out for the tax payers and fingered Hon Vanteprool’s role in their conclusion.
The project had a $40M over run, and the then Opposition had called for a Commissioner of Inquiry.
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