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Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister
Telecommunications company FLOW is to submit a claim to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for compensation for damage to its infrastructure as a result of road works in the Corporate Area.
This was revealed by Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), in an interview with RJR News Friday afternoon.
It was among the issues discussed during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday.
Out of that meeting, the OPM announced that FLOW had agreed to seek an adjournment of its court action against the National Works Agency (NWA) and CHEC.
Mrs Sewell told RJR News that while the government has not given a commitment to compensate FLOW, it does not want to take a hard-line approach.
She said the company has been asked to submit a claim for the damage to their infrastructure to China Harbour which the government will consider.
The agreement was reached with FLOW, the NWA and CHEC during a meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness Thursday, which was called to resolve the challenges associated with the major roadworks in the Corporate Area.
Representatives of the NWA and CHEC were present as well Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte, Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Audrey Sewell.
The OPM said it was agreed that CHEC will inform FLOW ahead of time when roads will be excavated.
The Prime Minister also mandated that regular meetings be held involving all parties to ensure the road projects continue in a seamless fashion.
FLOW was seeking to have the Supreme Court grant it an injunction to restrain the NWA and CHEC from interfering with its cables during the current road works.
This resulted from months of tension among the entities, based on several disruptions in FLOW's services due to damage to underground cables, conduits and wires by work crews.
FLOW wanted the court to order CHEC and the NWA to immediately stop removing, re-routing, destroying, relocating or altering its fibre optic cables, copper wires, conduits and related apparatus.
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