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an allocation of $265 million under the Infrastructure Development Fund and expended
$260 million on infrastructure works to the Galeota Port, Brighton Port and Union
Industrial Estate which included:
the dredging and reclamation of land at Galeota Port as well as sheet piling,
backfilling and construction of five (5) berths with installation of
navigational aids to an overall seventy-five per cent (75%) project
completion
fencing of the Union Industrial Estate and relocation of tenants as well as the
construction of sediment trap, perimeter drains, collector drains and the
reshaping of the Vessigny River as drainage solutions to alleviate erosion
and flooding in the area
the completion of installation of five hundred and fifteen (515) Anodes at the
Brighton Port to complete the dock which now features three hundred and
seven (307) linear meters of dock, with a dredge water depth of minus 12.8
meters able to accommodate bulk cargo of up to 30,000 DWT (dead weight
tonnes)
Overview of construction of the Galeota Port
105.
The residents of Tobago benefitted from the construction of a new service station
at Roxborough by the National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited. The Company
received an allocation of $9 million under the Consolidated Fund to construct the station
which features a modern convenience store within the compound surrounded by a
wirewall fence. The sum of $5 million was expended on the project which was completed
within budget and on schedule.
