The members of the control commission were informed by minister François Bausch on the current status of several infrastructure projects.
The control commission remarked that many projects headed by the public building administration (bâtiments publics) came in under budget, but that some of the roads and bridges department's (ponts&chaussées) projects were more expensive than expected.
Minister Bausch announced that the KPMG financial audit company would look into the roads and bridges department projects.
After a meeting with the control commission, Democratic Party MP Eugène Berger stated: "We're not at the top of our game when it comes to road construction, some projects were more expensive than anticipated which means that parliament might have to add to the existing funds.
However, the roads and bridges department is aware of the issue and is doing its best to amend it."
Berger also talked about the good job the public building administration has been doing, highlighting that many of their projects actually came in under budget. In the past 7 to 8 years, they managed to save more than €200 on 45 projects that were completed under budget.
Berger was confident that the money was well invested in these projects and pointed out that the roads and bridges department also sometimes came in under budget, for example on the Adolphe Bridge which connects central Luxembourg City with the Gare area. The lengthy project was completed with about 30% of the funds still untouched.
Both the public building administration and the roads and bridges department managed to get most of their projects finished in the time they had anticipated.
