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MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT
During the period 2015 to 2020, the Ministry of We also completed Pedestrian Walkovers in:
Works and Transport engaged in a substantial
infrastructure upgrade programme, restarted • Sea Lots
failed projects such as the Point Fortin Highway, • Diego Martin
which was stalled under the previous • Cipriani Labour College/Valsayn
Government, improving highways and main
roadways by adding additional lanes,
straightening and widening, and generally With several other Walkovers in progress.
improving driving conditions.
In addition, over 400 major infrastructure
upgrade, paving and road widening projects
were completed throughout the length and
breadth of Trinidad under the Programme for
Upgrading Road Efficiency and well as a further
200 road projects under the Highways Division.
33 major bridge construction and landslip
projects completed across Trinidad
WORK CONTINUES ON THE FOLLOWING
PROJECTS:
Some major projects include the new Curepe • Completion of Pt. Fortin Highway from San
Interchange, which was completed and opened Fernando to Point Fortin – scheduled for full
to traffic in 2020, at a saving in cost to taxpayers completion at the end of 2020
of over $200M. This major highway upgrade • Churchill Roosevelt Highway Extension to
project, which included the removal of all of the Manzanilla
traffic lights along the Valsayn stretch of the • Valencia to Toco Single Lane Highway
Churchill-Roosevelt Highway, has already • Widening of the Churchill Roosevelt
significantly alleviated traffic in the Curepe and Highway
Valsayn areas. • Road rehabilitation and slope stabilisation
on the Moruga Road to upgrade to first class
standard.
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