Works and Infrastructure Minister Jearlean John toured several areas in east Trinidad on May 28 to see firsthand the state of infrastructure in that part of the country.

One of the sites she visited was the Elmina Clarke-Allen Highway linking Sangre Grande to Cumuto. This highway was built at a cost of $500 million and was opened with much fanfare by the then PNM government on April 24 – four days before the general election. In the days since, sections of this highway have experienced erosion which led to slippage.

John said site visits she conducted on May 28 were focused specifically on infrastructure development rather than routine inspections.