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TWO days after the Urban Development Corporation of TT (Udecott) issued a public notice on the termination of the contract on the San Fernando Supreme Court renovation project, citing scope changes and lengthy delays, the Judiciary has sought to clarify what it called a “misleading statement” on the project.

A statement from the Judiciary on July 30 acknowledged and quoted from Udecott’s claims, part of which read: “Unfortunately, the project faced substantial setbacks due to numerous requests by the Judiciary for variations in the scope and lengthy periods awaiting mandatory approvals from the Judiciary in response to requests by Udecott, which resulted in significant delay.”

In response, the court communications unit of the Judiciary called the characterisation “wholly inaccurate” and insisted that the delays were mainly due to the contractor’s persistent underperformance.