(Kaieteur News) – One year after the reconstructed $62.7 million Charity Police Station in Region Two was commissioned, the government is now planning to spend an estimated $66.8 million more on additional works at the facility, including the construction of an external waiting area.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, in its invitation for bids, sought contractors for the “construction of external waiting area, infrastructural works and rehab. to Charity Police Station.”

Bids for the project were opened on August 4 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office, with 23 bids received. The government’s engineer estimated the new works would cost $66,810,150, while contractors’ bids ranged from $47.9 million to $87 million.