The Regional Council had committed to starting the construction of the Drap high school at the beginning of January 2010 for an opening in the 2011 school year.
The president of the Regional Council just announced that the work would only begin in the summer of 2010 and that student intake would only happen in the 2012 school year due to delays he himself acknowledged.
The parents of students, teachers, elected officials, and residents of the Paillons involved for ten years in this essential project for the youth of the valley cannot accept this announcement.
In recent weeks, they have expressed their concern and questioned the regional president regarding what must rightly be called a project blockage. This blockage delayed by at least two months the review of offers from companies bidding for the high school’s construction. Received by the Regional Council on October 21, 2009, they were only reviewed by the tender commission on February 19, 2010.
Despite this delay, it is still possible to immediately start the work and at the very least ensure that this project cannot be further questioned. This requires that the contracts related to the work lots awarded by the tender commission on February 19 and which will be by the one on February 26, particularly the “foundations and structural work” lot, be signed immediately by the president of the Regional Council.
who committed to doing so at the pressing request of the Paillon officials: “The commitment made, we must ensure it is respected.”
A gathering is organized, this Wednesday, February 24 at 2:30 PM for the symbolic laying of the first stone of the high school. This is the vigilance the collective wishes to demonstrate with a strong will to see the Drap high school built within the planned time frame.
