Sinanan: Major projects starting soon

“Everyone expects the Ministry of Works and Transport to jump start the construction industry,” Sinanan said, adding, “Because when we start building highways and bridges, drains and upgrading infrastructure, this means job creation.” “We all know that we are facing hard times but by digging deep and focusing on getting the work done, we can fix the problems we currently face,” he said.

Sinanan was addressing an indoor public meeting at the San Fernando City Hall Auditorium, Harris Promenade, San Fernando on Tuesday night.

He said three major projects - the restarting of the San Fernando to Point Fortin highway; the Churchill Roosevelt highway extension to Manzanilla and the Port of Spain/ East-West corridor transportation project were expected to be started in the current fiscal year.

He said the long awaited San Fernando to Point Fortin highway was expected to restart by mid-April and would create thousands of jobs as local contractors were engaged on the project.

Sinanan said the projects planned included the mapping for the Valencia to Toco highway, which was expected to begin by 2018, and would coincide with the construction of the Toco fast ferry port while the ferry terminal in Tobago was also being designed.

He also stated that legislation to streamline the operations at licensing department saying the “lawlessness on the road will be stopped.” Also addressing the meeting was Attorney General Faris Al- Rawi who gave an outline of the government’s legislative agenda including land law and civil asset forfeiture bills to stem white collar crime.