51
Drainage Upgrades completed
Tunapuna River
Tacarigua River
Miss Gutter Ravine Arouca
San Juan River
142.
The Public Awareness component of the National Road Safety Campaign was
launched at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on October 31, 2012. The event was a public launch
which saw attendance by close to two hundred (200) stakeholders that impact Road
Safety in Trinidad and Tobago. Expenditure to date on this project was approximately $2
million.
143.
The Motor Vehicle Authority (MVA) completed Phase I which involved the
execution of a government to government arrangement between the Government of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) and the Province of Nova Scotia (PNS)
which allowed the Nova Scotia Registered Motor Vehicle Model (RMV) to be adopted in
Trinidad and Tobago. This arrangement would improve the efficiency of mandatory
motor vehicle transactions in Trinidad & Tobago.
144.
The first phase of the Traffic Management Programme consists of twenty-seven
(27) roads divided into eight (8) construction packages. In January 2013, the detailed
designs for all packages were completed. Since that time, tender documents have also
been completed and we are awaiting the provision of adequate funding in order to issue
the first set of tenders.
Drainage
145.
The sum of $204.5 million was provided to assist in reducing flooding in low
lying areas in Trinidad and Tobago.
146.
An allocation of $12 million was utilised for the continuation of the
Comprehensive National Drainage Development Study. During the period under review
the Ortoire River Basin Study was completed and the Flood Mitigation and Integrated
Watershed Management Project for the Caroni River Basin reached an overall
completion of eighty per cent (80%).
147.
The Major River Clearing Programme also advanced
and the Honda River Improvement project which is located in
Chase Village reached an overall completion of ninety-nine
per cent (99%). A contract was awarded in the sum of $5.5
million for the Marabella River Improvement project and the
project was five per cent (5%) completed. Tenders were
invited for the Irrigation and Drainage Structures in the
Caroni Area project.
148.
Under the Flood Mitigation and Erosion Control Programme fifty (50) Short
Term Flood Mitigation projects were completed.
A contract in the sum of $5.8 million for the
construction of reinforced concrete walling and
paving at the Diana River located in Central
Trinidad was awarded. The project attained
Honda River
Improvement
99 % complete
