Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says Government will get value for its money by bringing relief to residents who live in vulnerable areas throughout the country.
He continued his tour of constituencies yesterday in St Ann’s East and Tunapuna to identify major areas of concern that required urgent attention.
Speaking to the media at Febeau Village, Sou Sou Lands, in the constituency of St Ann’s East, Sinanan said, “I must say that we feel this exercise...we will get value for money because we will not just be spending money in constituencies but on the areas that are most vulnerable.”
He was accompanied by St Ann’s East MP Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly and officials from the Works and Transport Ministry.
Today, Sinanan is expected to tour La Horquetta and Arima with the MPs Maxie Cuffie and Anthony Garcia. He said he intends to visit the 41 constituencies over the next few weekends.
Sinanan said the tour was to see “first-hand” what was required in every constituency and prioritise the projects as funding was available.
“We have a priority listing for the projects and the idea is to bring relief as soon as possible to the residents on the request of the MPs and councillors.”
One young male resident told the ministers he was glad to see them and that proper roads were needed. An elderly woman also met them and expressed her views about the poor roads.
Meanwhile, Dolly said many of the areas “have been outstanding” for a number of years.
“In some cases they have roads but no drainage...the roads have been eroded and so on and that’s one of the basic things that people look out for and affects their quality of living.”
She said some of the roads extended as far as Maracas Bay and Maracas Valley.
