Jack Warner met Tuesday with people from penal Rock Road who staged a fiery protest Monday and again on Tuesday to demand urgent repairs to their roads and and drains.
The Works and Infrastructure Minister also met with officials from the Siparia Regional Corporation.
Warner told the protesters that initial estimates suggest that it would cost about $110 million to repave the roadway from Penal Junction to Bass Terre, Moruga. He explained that his ministry does not have that amount of money available so the project would have to be completed in three phases.
He promised as an interim measure to begin patching the worse areas in about three weeks. When that is done, he said, the ministry would begin to build proper drains to prevent further deterioration of the roads.
Earlier in the day Warner opened the newly paved Joyce Road in the Couva North constituency in Central Trinidad.
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| Newly paved Joyce Road - Photo courtesy Allan Karim |
Later he held the 4th Consultation with residents to be displaced by the Golconda to Point Fortin highway. He told them that the state could have used compulsory acquisition but noted that the People's partnership government doesn't treat people that way.
"This government will dialogue with you," he promised. Warner said the intention is that by April most of the relocation will be completed.
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| Works Minister Jack Warner meets residents to discuss relocation for Point highway - Ann Dookie photo |
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