SAFETY concerns over sections of the Bacolet connector road that runs from the traffic lights up-town Scarborough to the Rockly Vale traffic lights will be dealt with as part of a $80m road repair and repaving exercise by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).
The wavy, uneven surface between Sergeant Cain junction and Piggott Street in Scarborough has been a worry for drivers, especially as it forms a main artery leading into the town. It is one of 70 roads that will be fixed over a six month period.
Secretary for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Gray Melville, says that the repaving exercise on the Bacolet connector road should take one week but a suitable start date has yet to be decided. He explains that the expected traffic disruption along that route requires that measures are put in place to accommodate drivers before the exercise begins, and that the shortage of bitumen from Trinidad may also affect the start date of project.