Media Releases

The Ministry of Works and Transport is aware of the depressions that continue to affect motorists along Garth Road, Princes Town, between the Naparima Mayaro and Guaracara Tabaquite Roads and is working with the Princes Town Regional Corporation to provide temporary relief to motorists.

On August 22, 2017, Minister of Works and Transport, Senator the Honourable Rohan Sinanan officially introduced the new service of heavy truck inspection at the Caroni Licensing Office.  This new facility at Caroni will now relieve heavy truck inspection at the Port of Spain and San Fernando Licensing Offices.  Minister Sinanan shared, “An issue we have with traffic fluidity, and especially in Port of Spain is that Wrightson Road is inundated with heavy trucks along the way to and from inspection.  This relocation of the service will free-up the roads considerably.”
 

TRAFFIC LIGHTS CYCLE LENGTH ADJUSTED ON THE CHURCHILL ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY
 

The Traffic Management Branch (TMB) of the Ministry of Works and Transport wishes to advise the general public that it has adjusted the cycle length of traffic lights along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway (CRH) which include, but are not limited to the Piarco, Maloney, Mausica and O’Meara intersections, following a retiming exercise at traffic lights over the past week.

PARTIAL OPENING OF THE PRIORITY BUS ROUTE (PBR)

on Saturday 5th August, 2017

From 2PM to 1AM

The Ministry of Works and Transport is presently on site at the North Coast Road where a major landslide

occurred earlier this morning in the vicinity of Maracas Bar and Tyrico Bay.

CLOSURE OF CARONI LICENSING OFFICE

The Ministry of Works and Transport announces the Appointment of the Maxi Taxi Advisory Committee

In the aftermath of continued torrential downpours which occurred across the country this weekend, Senator the Honourable Rohan Sinanan, Minister of Works and Transport, along with the Minister of Local Government, Senator the Honourable Kazim Hosein, and a technical team of the Ministry of Works and Transport visited Maraval, Santa Cruz and Maracas and conducted preliminary assessments and clean up.

PUBLIC ADVISORY

CLOSURE OF SAN FERNANDO LICENSING OFFICE

Please be advised that the San Fernando Licensing Office located at Balisier Avenue, Pleasantville, will be CLOSED to the public on Friday 21st July 2017, from 2.00pm to facilitate scheduled maintenance works

On Friday July 14, 2017 Minister of Works and Transport, Senator the Honourable Rohan Sinanan delivered the feature address at the Commissioning of the Leemond Road Fishing Pond Water Supply Project. This improvement initiative to optimize water supply to homes in the area and adjoin 278 households to WASA’s distribution network involved the laying of underground pipes which caused considerable damage to the roadway.