Cas­san­dra Thomp­son

Mi­nor­i­ty Leader Ash­worth Jack is call­ing for a foren­sic au­dit in­to Ude­cott projects in To­ba­go.

With three on­go­ing and one pend­ing, un­der the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA), Jack said Ude­cott projects should be stopped. Jack said the foren­sic au­dit should be done quick­ly to en­sure every­thing was au­then­ti­cat­ed for projects to re­sume. "None of those project in To­ba­go are on­go­ing, so they don't need to halt what is al­ready halt­ed...All the projects that Ude­cott has in To­ba­go have gone to a halt for a while," he said.

"I think what needs to be done is the is­sue of the foren­sic au­dit, to en­sure every­thing is above board. The hos­pi­tal is an­oth­er sto­ry al­to­geth­er." He said ac­count­abil­i­ty for tax­pay­ers' mon­ey was the key. "The Scar­bor­ough hos­pi­tal is an­oth­er sto­ry...The last con­trac­tor was ask­ing for $150 mil­lion and they said it was too much and now the cost of com­plet­ing the hos­pi­tal is be­tween $300 mil­lion and $500 mil­lion."

On­go­ing Ude­cott projects in To­ba­go are:

�2 The Scar­bor­ough Fi­nan­cial Com­plex.

�2 The Scar­bor­ough Re­gion­al Li­brary

�2 The Rox­bor­ough, Cas­tara and Blenheim Hous­ing projects.

The Scar­bor­ough Tran­sit Hub is the on­ly pend­ing Ude­cott project.