Where does the rail system, bus system and ferry service fall within the context of the master transportation plan? I forget...what plan?
Just curious, isnt it a light rail being discussed?
You asking for a plan!!
TT I think this person is a UNC!!!!
In 1992 when we were still in the throes of IMF administered restructuring the GOTT decided to stop the Development Programme as it was known then and introduce the PSIP Public Sector Development Plan.
In order to have carefully thought out and executed development projects the public service planners, porject coordinators, PMU 's etc were all given 1 yr project planning and project implementation training by the world bank.
What they did in a nutshell was give groups projects that were just ideas and the groups had to end up doing feasibilty studies on these various projects.
The projects I remember.
Port Of Spain waterfront.
St Joseph Goverment Complex.
San Fernando Goverment Complex.
Irwin Park sporting Complex
Inter Island Transport
Port of Spain to Point Fortin freeway
Rapid transit system.
Now I left the service soon after and I don't know if the overall scheme of things has changed since, but I think there is a plan in there somewhere and even though the money for these projects could be all " People money " meaning straight from government with no international loans or grants, the IMF and UNDP arrangements we have may still requires scrutiny of these projects by them.
The construction sector has pressure groups that look after their own interests , this means that they do not appreciate foriegn input outside of the energy sector, anything with concrete , iron and steel should stay within their perview, so they are always critical of mega projects of this nature. Of course Mt Hope and Piarco did nothing to reduce this criticism.
They would rather build more roads, overpasses etc.
But that is myopic and not very futuristic thinking or planning.
A rapid transit system is a must for TT since over 50% of the population travel to the cities or large towns everday.
Ten years to complete this system compared to 20 yrs of new road building that probably will not satisfy transport requirements is a no brainer.