Rapid
rail contract awarded
By Asha Javeed
The Trinidad Guardian
Port Spain
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08 26 07
Trinitrain, led by Bouygues Travaux Publics, has
been awarded the contract for the construction
of the $7 billion Rapid Rail project.
Prime
Minister Patrick Manning made the announcement
as he explained the Government’s plans to
alleviate the country’s traffic woes as he
delivered the 2007-2008 budget in
Parliament yesterday.
The Government and special interest groups have
been engaged in a war of words over the project
which lead to the establishment of a Ministerial
Committee to oversee the procurement process.
The Ministerial Committee was supported by a technical
team comprised of senior public servants and technocrats.
Manning pointed out that the process has taken
over a year with the final two companies being
Trinitrain and T3 Group led by Vinci Construction.
He said after a thorough examination by the National
Infrastructure Development Company and the Technical
Team including technical considerations, price
and contractual terms and a review by the Ministerial
Committe, the Trinitrain offer was accepted.
Bouygues is the contractor in charge of the billion-dollar
waterfront project and has recently been awarded
the contract to build the 26-storey Transcorp Credit
Union tower on South Quay, Port-of-Spain.
“The
project is to be implemented through the National
Infrastructure
Development
Company and will be developed through a Design
Build Operate Maintain contract. The first
phase of the project will commence in the new fiscal
year and will be completed in five to six years
time,” said Manning.
“Mr Speaker, suffice it to say that the
rapid rail system will provide unparalled mobility
and will be the backbone of Trinidad’s transportation
system when completed,” he said.
The Trinidad Guardian
Tuesday 21th August, 2007
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