Sinanan: OAS lawsuit $ funding highway

He made the remark after Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan announced new construction packages heading to tender at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s.

Sinanan said Cabinet agreed to four additional packages being tendered (to give a total of seven so far), and five more packages are for tender next month. He said a stretch of highway from Gulf City Mall to Dunlop Roundabout in Point Fortin will take two years to complete.

Sinanan said the Moruga Road rehabilitation project will consist of fixing 22 landslips and constructing 22 culverts plus road repair where needed. He said it will begin very shortly and maximise the use of local content thereby giving opportunities for local contractors.

Regarding the Tobago sea bridge ferry, Sinanan expressed confidence in Port Authority board chairman Allison Lewis describing her as someone who is thorough in her decision-making process. “I’m putting my faith that Mrs Lewis and the board would have done the right thing,” he said.

“My information is that we have two vessels en route to TT. One would be here on Sunday which would take care of the cargo aspect of it, and sometime later this month we have a ferry vessel that is expected to arrive on the island.” Saying the due date was supposed to have been July 17, he said he expects the board took their attorneys’ advice on this.