Government is moving ahead with plans to transform Chaguanas through its Revitalisation Blueprint, with major infrastructure projects expected to stimulate economic activity, improve traffic flow and support the Borough’s growth and ambitions for city status.
Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Jearlean John, says Government’s Revitalisation Blueprint has generated significant interest, with hundreds of submissions received from stakeholders.
“We received 965 expression of interest. Currently, we are in the stage of the request for proposals, and you will see cranes in the air, January, February, March of next year because we have to stimulate the economy, because when the economy is stimulated, the whole supply chain works.”
Under the programme, Minister John noted that the 20 million dollars allocated to Chaguanas in the national budget, will support several traffic interventions aimed at easing congestion and improving connectivity.
“We were talking about the overpass for Munroe Road, and that is going to happen in this fiscal. All right, it’s they tell me the build-out will be about six months, but procurement will take an equal time.”