Last week went for a quick visit to the Xayaboury dam site. At present all the construction equipment is located at the camps. Mark Rossi, who came from the other side of the river and rode through the construction camps counted some 70 brand-new excavators parked at one of the camps. So at this point in time it seems that the final OK for the start of the dam construction has not yet been given. However, they are busy building the resettlement villages near Xayaboury and I expect that construction will proceed in due course.
