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• Water Taxi Walkover in Port of Spain • A number of important pumps and sluice
• 200 additional major road upgrade projects gates in flood prone areas have been
under the Programme for Upgrading Roads replaced with new equipment
Efficiency and Highways Division throughout • A comprehensive National Drainage Plan is
Trinidad being prepared
• 55 bridge major construction and landslip • a series of flood mitigation and erosion
repair project throughout Trinidad control projects are in progress
• Diego Martin Overpass project • A National Programme for the Upgrade of
• San Fernando Waterfront/Lady Hailes Drainage Channels, Flood Mitigation and
Avenue Upgrade Drainage Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Projects is in progress
IN THE SEA TRANSPORT SECTOR
• The M.V. Galleons Passage passenger/car
ferry was acquired for the inter-island sea-
bridge
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE
INNOVATION
• A new automated U-Turn/Ticketing System
is in place
• The Licensing Office is being modernized
and all processes dealing with motor vehicle
registration and licensing and drivers’ tests
• The modern Jean de Valette Fast Ferry was and permits are going online
leased, providing excellent, fast and • Electronic Vehicle Inspection System is being
comfortable sea transport to and from rolled out
Tobago for passengers and cars • Online Certified Copy of Ownership Request
• Two new state of the art Fast Passenger/Car and Delivery is active
Ferries are being built in Australia and will • With respect to public transport, 300 new
be delivered by the end of 2020 buses are being acquired to augment the
• The new Toco Ferry Port is being designed PTSC fleet with the aim of having 500
• Construction of the new Moruga Fishing operational buses at any given time
Port has commenced
IN THE DRAINAGE DIVISION
• Over 500 major river desilting and river
clearing projects were completed with
another 250 desilting projects in progress
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PNM THE RIGHT CHOICE ON AUGUST 10 People’s National Movement Manifesto 2020
