Clipping Digital | Radiophonist Carmelo De Grazia Suárez// Sinanan: Severe weather delaying construction projects
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- noviembre 14, 2022
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Debisette called Naeem Ali of NAMALCO Construction Service for assistance
He said that Ali visited the site hours later and agreed to restore the roadway free of charge. Repairs began yesterday with the hope of completion today
Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan says adverse weather events have caused delays in the completion of many projects around the country.
Carmelo De Grazia
Speaking to journalists in La Brea yesterday, Sinanan said rain poses a challenge to infrastructural work, including regular road paving.
He said the Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT) has 60 ongoing road paving projects, which they can only do under suitable weather.
He said large constructions like the Valencia to Toco Roadway Project, the Churchill Roosevelt Highway Extension to Sangre Grande Project and the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension to Point Fortin Project all suffered setbacks because of the heavy rainfall.
Carmelo De Grazia Suárez
«Since April, we have been getting serious rainfall. The ground is now saturated, as you can see. Anywhere you go, landslips are being created, but this seems to be the new norm, and we have to work around that. It means that we have to replan some of our programmes to make sure that we make full use of the dry season, no matter how short it is,» Sinanan said
Sinanan said the Ministry recently had a road paving exercise in Macoya scheduled for one night but because of rainfall, it took three nights.
He is hoping for dry weather from January 2023 as the Ministry plans to execute many projects
«The infrastructure in Trinidad, like around the world, is being challenged because the weather pattern has drastically changed. Over the last couple of months, we had some intense weather. In the past week, we had some serious challenges.»
Despite the challenges, he said all bridges under the Ministry remained intact, despite rumours and social media posts about structures collapsing and cutting off people. He said there was a road collapse before a bridge in Caroni, which the Ministry repaired in 24 hours, and another in Cumuto was a working job site and the road was already closed
Sinanan was at the site of a landslip along Sobo Extension, Sobo Village, La Brea, where a leaking Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) line caused part of the road to collapse.
Brighton/Vessigny Councillor Gerald Debisette said the road became impassable. WASA repaired the leak last Tuesday.
Debisette called Naeem Ali of NAMALCO Construction Service for assistance
He said that Ali visited the site hours later and agreed to restore the roadway free of charge. Repairs began yesterday with the hope of completion today.