TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOCOUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION
MINISTRY OF WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Presented by TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BRANCH,
HIGHWAYS DIVISION MOWI
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PRESENTER

• Mr. Dexter Wong Wai- Chief Traffic Engineer
• 2005 to present

MAIN DUTIES

• Determining the installation and maintenance of
  all traffic control devices
• Conducting engineering investigations of traffic
  conditions
• Adopting, modifying and rescinding traffic
  regulation orders

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• INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Location Southern Caribbean off the
  northeastern coast of Venezuela
• Population approx. 1.3 million
• Area 5,131km2 (1,981 sq. mi.)
• The Ministry of Works and Infrastructure (MOWI),
  Trinidad and Tobago, is a large sector Ministry
  made up of a number of Statutory State
  Enterprises and Administrative/Technical
  Divisions and Units.

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INTRODUCTION continued

• Organization al Structure

Minister of Works and Infrastructure
Minister in the MOWI
Permanent Secretary
2 Deputy Permanent Secretaries
Directors of Divisions and Managers of Units
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INTRODUCTION continued

• Administrative/Technical Divisions Units
• Drainage Division
• Highways Division
• Construction Division
• Maintenance Division
• Information Technology Unit
• Project Monitoring Unit
• Corporate Communications Unit

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INTRODUCTION continued

• Administrative /Technical Divisions Units
• Environmental Health and Safety Unit
• Central Planning Unit
• State Enterprises
• National Maintenance Training and Security
  Company of Trinidad and Tobago (MTS)
• National Infrastructure Development Company
  (NIDCO)

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INTRODUCTION continued

• Current National Development Plan
• 1984 National Physical Development Plan
• Focused on decentralizing development away
  from the capitol of Port of Spain and the
  east-west corridor.
• Present focus is on the development of Regional
  Development Plans for the period 2010 to 2020

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• ROAD POLICY

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ROAD POLICY

• Main focus is to continue road construction and
  rehabilitation projects including additional
  lanes and shoulders, walkovers, bridges and
  landslip repairs.
• Preparation is being made for a transition to a
  Roads Authority

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ROAD POLICY continued

• In the last fiscal year, October 2010 to
  September 2011, 95 of development works funded
  through the government of Trinidad and Tobago.
• External funding from ANZ Bank, BNP Paribas,
  European Union, Inter American Development Bank,
  Export/Import Bank of China.

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ROAD POLICY

• In February 2011, US 869 thousand in grant
  financing from the Multilateral Investment Fund
  of the Inter American Development Bank to support
  the application of PPP models for the delivery of
  suitable infrastructure projects in Trinidad and
  Tobago was signed off by the Minister of Finance.
• Two (2) or (3) pilot PPP projects will be
  identified.

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• ROAD SYSTEM

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ROAD SYSTEMS
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ROAD SYSTEMS

• Road network of 9,800 kilometers
• Main Roads and Highways account for 2,135
  kilometers
• Preliminary designs done for four (4) new trunk
  roads.
• New highway started from San Fernando to Point
  Fortin (49.5km)
• No toll roads

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ROAD SYSTEMS
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• TRAFFIC SYSTEM

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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE
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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE

• Implemented May 2011
• Monitors Wrightson Road and Churchill Roosevelt
  Highway to its intersection with the Uriah Butler
  Highway.
• Uses three main Software- CENTRACS, OMNICAST
  VIEWER and CTMS.

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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE- CTMS SOFTWARE
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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE- CTMS SOFTWARE
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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE- OMNICAST
VIEWER
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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE- CENTRACS
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NATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTRE

• System to be expanded to include
• Automatic Speed Enforcement System
• Red Light Enforcement System
• Control of the North South and East West
  corridors.

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• CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE WORK

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CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE WORK

• Done through the Highways Division and State
  Enterprises
• Bridges Branch
• Construction Branch
• PURE Unit
• NIDCO and MTS

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CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE WORK

• Completion of 52 bridges
• Reinstatement and stabilization of failed slopes
  at 23 landslips
• Extension of the Diego Martin Highway 1.2km
• Improvement works on the Churchill Roosevelt
  Highway 8.8km

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• FEASIBILITY STUDIES

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FEASIBILITY STUDIES

• Feasibility studies for four (4) new trunk roads
  total 135km completed.

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• THE END