Funding agreements for this money was signed off Tuesday 25th of April between the Government of Vanuatu – represented by the Director-General of Finance and Economic Management, August Letlet, and the New Zealand High Commissioner, Nicola Simmonds, in the presence of VPMU, contractors – Fletchers as well as Beca International.
DG Letlet thanked the New Zealand Government for sticking with the Vanuatu Government on the project, despite the many challenges encountered over the past few years. Construction has had to be suspended in 2017 over designs issues.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $6 million grant and the Government of Vanuatu $1.2 million to establish a network to deliver renewable energy to the people of Malekula and Santo.
Minister Ngwele and Director Care finally put pen to paper
Minister for Public Utilities Jay Ngwele signed this week the contract for the repair of two of the country’s most significant wharf infrastructures in Lenakel on Tanna and Litzlitz on Malekula which both come under Vanuatu Inter-Island Shipping Support Project (VISSP). Read More
Bidding for South Paray Domestic wharf is set to kick off next month, with construction expected to begin in the third quarter of this year 2021. The construction of the new South Paray Domestic Shipping Terminal, as part of the Vanuatu Inter-island Shipping Support Project (VISSP), was brought to a halt in 2018 when independent investigations, instigated by the Government and its development partners, identified design concerns and the requirement for more detailed site investigations. Click here for more
Minister for Climate Change Bruno Leignkon Tau and MAP/Vortex Project Manager Mark Praters after the contract signing in January 21, 2020
If there is any particular VPMU project that suffered most from the global pandemic it would have to be the Vanuatu Energy Access Project (VEAP), funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Strategic Climate Fund and the Vanuatu Government, at a total cost of well over Vt1 billion.
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Funding agreements for this money was signed off Tuesday 25th of April between the Government of Vanuatu – represented by the Director-General of Finance and Economic Management, August Letlet, and the New Zealand High Commissioner, Nicola Simmonds, in the presence of VPMU, contractors – Fletchers as well as Beca International.
DG Letlet thanked the New Zealand Government for sticking with the Vanuatu Government on the project, despite the many challenges encountered over the past few years. Construction has had to be suspended in 2017 over designs issues.
