00:00This is important for several reasons.
00:03One, it demonstrates that good governance is also about continuity.
00:09That all good ideas may not be birthed by you.
00:13And sometimes when in government you just have to deliver on things that others could only dream about.
00:21The roundabout on Chauvin Road has been named the James Begart Roundabout.
00:25Mr. Begart was the first political representative of color in Tobago.
00:30While one street is named after Tobago's first elected representative for Tobago East, Pamela Nicholson.
00:38Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, in hailing the long-standing project,
00:42said he spoke with Minister of Works and Transport, Rohan Sinanan, about completing the project.
00:49And there's a proposal for a roundabout at Cano Bay Junction in the next fiscal year.
00:55I was advised about two weeks ago when I spoke with the Minister of Works, Mr. Sinanan,
01:01and some of his technical officers, that their transportation study says that we can build this road
01:10right to the intersection at Stour Bay Local Road.
01:15And based on their traffic studies, that road and that intersection will be perfect up until 2040.
01:24After which we will need to have a road connecting to the airport, running behind the businesses,
01:31that's Apex and Rovenous Hotels and the others in between.
01:36Infrastructure Secretary Trevor James said more could be done for Tobago,
01:41but the island continues to be underfunded by central government.
01:45The Ministry of Finance, with the support of the Cabinet and the Parliament,
01:51of which we have two and a quarter Tobagonians, continually underfunds Tobago.
02:06They disburse funds contrary to the law, and they seem to rob Tobago not once every year, but twice every year.
02:15After the budget, they rob us, and after the media review, they rob us.
02:20Mr. James suggested that projects in Tobago are delayed by every ministry in Trinidad.
02:27Every administrative method and opportunity to stymie and impede progress in Tobago,
02:34the executive in Trinidad, whether through ministers and their ministries or agencies of the state of Trinidad and Tobago,
02:43has capitalized on that method or opportunity to the detriment of Tobago and Tobagonians who wish to see Tobago move forward.
02:55He said a court date has been set for January 2025 for the final injunction against the THE,
03:03as it moves to complete another section of the project.
03:07Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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