Forwards goes forward for Tobago

Despite this, the Tobago Forwards continues to design their future developmental and revitalisation plans for Scarborough and Roxborough.

In a paid advertisement in yesterday’s Newsday, the party listed four part plan of action for the development of Tobago.

Part one detailed, for the further development of Scarborough, new construction of buildings and roads to ease some of the issues frequently raised in that area.

A Tobago Forwards- led Tobago House of Assembly would “commence renovations to the Scarborough Market which will be under the Division of Health and Social Service which will provide better management under that division”.

“We will immediately repair the gaping holes in the existing roof. We will immediately, clear all the clogged drains which cause the water backups.

We will immediately give temporary relief to those vendors who built make shift stalls. The long-term plan is to extend the market to accommodate vendors,” the party proposed.

The plan reiterated zero tolerance and strict regulations on illegal vending in Scarborough which will have a “revenue-generating penalty” to prevent the practice.

“The expansions will increase covered vending and the construction of an upper floor.

The upper floor will provide for speciality commercial offerings which centre on arts, crafts and music, which will showcase the culture of Tobago in support of our Tourism product. The entire parking lot now used by visitors and employees using the Victor E Bruce Complex would also be used for this purpose.” “We will construct a Scarborough Town Centre, at the current site if of the Botanical Gardens, which will be relocated to a more appropriate site.

The Town Centre will house all divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly. This investment...

will ultimately derive significant expenditure savings from the numerous rents being paid by the THA for office space throughout Scarborough.” “Pedestrian traffic in Scarborough would be improved by the addition of two walk-overs commencing from a newly revenue-generating parking lot at the site behind Scotiabank.

One walk-way will link foot traffic to the Scarborough Port… vehicular entrance to the port could be channelled via a Sangster’s Hill Linkage with the Claude Noel Main Road.” Using this plan, the party believes it will curb the increasing traffic congesting endured by motorists daily.

Part two and three of the plan includes the idea to “transform the town to one that is more eco-centric.” “We could change the “blacktops” of the roadway to be more “traditional” cobblestones bricks. Cobblestone, may cost four times as much as “blacktops”, however the durability of the product would have an “estimated life of 100 years.” Section four of the development plan entails the desperate need of the construction of a police station in the east of the island.

A number of fire stations in the Speyside, Charlottesville, L’Anse Fourmi, Moriah, Plymouth and the Carnbee/ Bethel areas, a Public Library, a Magistrate’s Court, Licensing Office and Board of Inland Revenue are promised as part of the development plan by the Tobago Forwards for Roxborough and environs.