Chief Sec\u00adre\u00adtary Far\u00adley Au\u00adgus\u00adtine says a barge has been se\u00adcured to move car\u00adgo to To\u00adba\u00adgo as an in\u00adter\u00adim mea\u00adsure while re\u00adpair work on the MV Blue Wave Har\u00admo\u00adny con\u00adtin\u00adues.<\/p>\n
Speak\u00ading at the post-Ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtive Coun\u00adcil Me\u00addia Brief\u00ading yes\u00adter\u00adday, Au\u00adgus\u00adtine said the Port Au\u00adthor\u00adi\u00adty of Trinidad and To\u00adba\u00adgo has en\u00adgaged a 67-me\u00adtre barge for a ten-day pe\u00adri\u00adod, start\u00ading to\u00admor\u00adrow, to trans\u00adport car\u00adgo that can\u00adnot be car\u00adried on the pas\u00adsen\u00adger ves\u00adsels. The barge will move loads over 7,000 kilo\u00adgrammes, in\u00adclud\u00ading dan\u00adger\u00adous car\u00adgo, live\u00adstock and bulk items, us\u00ading an ap\u00adpoint\u00adment-based book\u00ading sys\u00adtem, and can ac\u00adcom\u00admo\u00addate about 30 trucks at a time, he said.<\/p>\n
Au\u00adgus\u00adtine con\u00adfirmed that fi\u00adnal weld\u00ading works to re\u00adpair hull dam\u00adage on the Blue Wave Har\u00admo\u00adny be\u00adgan on Wednes\u00adday and are ex\u00adpect\u00aded to take four full days. He said an\u00adoth\u00ader in\u00adspec\u00adtion will fol\u00adlow, with NID\u00adCO pro\u00adject\u00ading the ves\u00adsel\u2019s re\u00adturn to full ser\u00advice by Wednes\u00adday next week.<\/p>\n
Ad\u00address\u00ading crit\u00adi\u00adcism over the dis\u00adrup\u00adtion, Au\u00adgus\u00adtine said the in\u00adci\u00addent could not have been pre\u00advent\u00aded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly noth\u00ading any\u00adone in the To\u00adba\u00adgo House of As\u00adsem\u00adbly or in the Min\u00adistry could have done to pre\u00advent what hap\u00adpened from hap\u00adpen\u00ading,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if, as Chief Sec\u00adre\u00adtary, I could stop strong winds or stop the sea from mis\u00adbe\u00adhav\u00ading. Those are not pow\u00aders I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
He con\u00adfirmed there are long-term plans to up\u00adgrade and ex\u00adpand the Port of Scar\u00adbor\u00adough to im\u00adprove safe\u00adty and ca\u00adpac\u00adi\u00adty but cau\u00adtioned that even mod\u00adernised in\u00adfra\u00adstruc\u00adture would not elim\u00adi\u00adnate all risks.<\/p>\n
\u201cNoth\u00ading hu\u00adman be\u00adings build will ever be be\u00adyond de\u00adstruc\u00adtion. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly, we can\u2019t out\u00adbuild and out\u00adper\u00adform na\u00adture it\u00adself,\u201d Au\u00adgus\u00adtine said, adding that cli\u00admate change in\u00adcreas\u00ades the risk to coastal in\u00adfra\u00adstruc\u00adture.<\/p>\n
Op\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion MP Mar\u00advin Gon\u00adza\u00adles, speak\u00ading ear\u00adli\u00ader at a Peo\u00adple\u2019s Na\u00adtion\u00adal Move\u00adment me\u00addia con\u00adfer\u00adence, crit\u00adi\u00adcised the Gov\u00adern\u00adment\u2019s han\u00addling of the seabridge, ac\u00adcus\u00ading gov\u00adern\u00adment of\u00adfi\u00adcials and crit\u00adics of si\u00adlence amid the cur\u00adrent dis\u00adrup\u00adtion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a break\u00addown of the seabridge in this coun\u00adtry. Who\u2019s swim\u00adming from To\u00adba\u00adgo to Trinidad now? Where is Far\u00adley? Where is my good friend Di\u00adane Hadad? Why is the deaf\u00aden\u00ading si\u00adlence?\u201d Gon\u00adza\u00adles said.<\/p>\n
He ar\u00adgued that the Gov\u00adern\u00adment has of\u00adfered lit\u00adtle be\u00adyond re\u00adas\u00adsur\u00adance to To\u00adbag\u00ado\u00adni\u00adans af\u00adfect\u00aded by the dis\u00adrup\u00adtion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are hear\u00ading now are just as\u00adsur\u00adances\u2014stand by, wait, have pa\u00adtience. That is what Far\u00adley Au\u00adgus\u00adtine is telling the peo\u00adple,\u201d Gon\u00adza\u00adles said.<\/p>\n
Gon\u00adza\u00adles claimed the fall\u00adout has al\u00adready had se\u00adri\u00adous eco\u00adnom\u00adic con\u00adse\u00adquences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe con\u00adstruc\u00adtion sec\u00adtor has ground to a halt in To\u00adba\u00adgo. Life has come to a stand\u00adstill,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He al\u00adso called on the Gov\u00adern\u00adment to pro\u00advide an up\u00addate on a pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly is\u00adsued re\u00adquest for pro\u00adpos\u00adals for a new car\u00adgo fer\u00adry.<\/p>\n
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