Red House upgrade 33 per cent complete

He added that budget for the project is in the vicinity of $342 million.

Plans for the Red House’s restoration include the creation of a distinct parliamentary district around it. Cabildo Chambers, former headquarters for the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, has been designated as the administrative and ancilliary services building for the Red House. Most of the ministry’s departments have relocated to the Legal Affairs Tower at the nearby Government Campus Plaza which formally opened earlier this year. The Parliament is temporarily being housed at Tower D of the Port-of-Spain International Waterfront Complex.

The Red House was once considered as the possible location for the Office of the Prime Minister during the tenure of former Prime Minister Patrick Manning (now deceased).

Manning’s immediate successor Kamla Persad- Bissessar promised the Parliament would return to the Red House.

However, this relocation did not happen under her former administration during the last five years. Oversight of works on the Red House is being done by a Cabinet sub-committee chaired by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.