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Programme, and the Beneficiary Owned Land
Programme • We collaborated with the THA to restructure
the inter-island bridge to ensure stability through
• We collaborated with the Tobago Regional the expansion of capacity on the sea bridge by
Health Authority (TRHA) for the provision of leasing the Cabo Star and Jean de la Valette, as
$50m to assist with its response to covid-19- well as purchasing of two brand new vessels
pandemic
• We advanced plans for construction of a new
• We collaborated with the THA on the airport terminal at the ANR Robinson
construction of the Roxborough Hospital to International Airport by completing the
improve health services in windward Tobago architectural design and sourcing funding for the
project
• We collaborated with the THA to provide
medical equipment to Tobago, such as a
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine, and
the upgrading of Tobago labs to meet CARPHA
certified standards, as well as ensuring the
necessary training to Tobago health practitioners
as part of the response strategy to the COVID-19
pandemic
IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES AND
SERVICES • We expanded the capacity of the Cove Power
Plant by 20-megawatts to achieve a 95
megawatts supply on the island
• We operationalised the Tobago Meteorological
office at Crown Point Tobago
ENHANCED SAFETY AND SECURITY
• We reintroduced recruit training in Tobago by
the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service, which is
expected to increase the number of Tobagonians
joining the Fire service and strengthening the
human resource capacity on the island
• We collaborated with THA on the Southwest
Wastewater treatment plan, which will help • We strengthened policing strategies on the
preserve the pristine coastal environment island through the Tourism Oriented Policing
Unit, which protects hotels, guesthouses and
• We enhanced water security on the island stakeholders in the Tobago tourism sector
through upgrades of the Hillsborough dam and
construction of new wells on the island • We enhanced the security architecture on the
island by completing the Old Grange Shirvan
• We enhanced internal public transport in Police Station and the Roxborough Police Station
Tobago through the provision of fifteen new
buses
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