Last week Thursday when we spoke with the Minister of Infrastructure Development & Housing, we asked him about how the weather can potentially affect the numerous infrastructure projects taking place across the country, specifically in the Cayo and Belize districts. Well, the Minister said that what it directly impacts is the cost of the projects, but the weather is always factored in by the contractors:
Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development & Housing
"It's not affecting us that much, at least up to now we haven't had any complaints from the contractors. When you get a contract like this they know that they're going into the dry season and they try to do as much as they can during the dry and they know that they will go into the rainy season and to be honest with you, our rains with last year's experience have not been as normal as before. We have had less rains, the contract includes whatever they need to get the work done, what's affecting us more than anything else is the increase worldwide of fuel. That yes, has a direct impact on on the cost of the project and we're looking at that right now, but apart from that the contractors are capable enough to be able to handle the adversity. Now if you have it, it will be one or two days that they have a delay but the contractors don't want a delay because they want to finish it, finish at the best quality they can within the best time that they can because that way it is more profitable for them. We on the other side want it to be done the exact same way because we want the quality to b done properly and if there's a deficiency which that's part of everything you do they're held by a warranty period they have to deal with."
