Woodbrook residents express concern about proposed hotel

Developer Amery Ward told residents the proposal is for a hotel possibly under the Wyndham brand with 110 rooms and 240 car parking spaces, plus a Hard Rock Café, spa and gym. The facility would provide 500 jobs over several shifts.

Ward said the Town and Country Planning Division had granted its approval for the project, but residents said the Port-of- Spain City Corporation’s nod is requisite, especially given restrictions on the construction of tall buildings in that locale. By such reasoning, resident Lynette Dolly did not think a seven-storey building would get corporation approval. She expressed the a view that “Number One Woodbrook Place should never have been built.” She said before that structure had been built, residents attended public consultations and were given assurances but to no avail as construction still proceeded.