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As the rainy season begins, the Planning, Economic Affairs and Development Ministry has begun reviewing the Town and Country Planning Act of Trinidad and Tobago.
Essentially, the act promotes orderly and progressive development of land, ensures proper planning for towns and rural areas, protects the environment and public health as well and provides a framework for granting permission for building and development.
The ministry’s move follows a weekend of floods and a warning from climate change experts that weather conditions will worsen.
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