The Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension to Point Fortin was contracted at $5.2 billion in 2011. The cost has since exceeded $8 billion. The Mosquito Creek section collapsed in 2022 and had a March 2026 rebuild deadline. That deadline has passed with no public confirmation of completion.
Read the analysisThe March deadline has passed. The Health Minister says UDeCOTT's 90% claim doesn't match what he saw. The question nobody is asking: who will staff 540 new beds?
Read the analysisThe brand withdrawal was preventable. UDeCOTT issued an RFP in 2023 and then did nothing. The budget allocated $163 million, then quietly slashed it to $3.6 million.
Read the analysisAttackers cut power cables to four WASA wells in Tobago over Easter - with no CCTV cameras in sight. Meanwhile, 53 percent of the country's treated water never reaches a tap, and WASA burns through $2.2 billion a year while collecting $700 million.
Read the analysisFrom January's flash floods to June's riverine disasters, the same communities drown under the same inadequate infrastructure while the budget allocates the same money year after year.
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