Monday, June 30 2008

FOUR WATER vessels are due to arrive in Trinidad this week for the commencement of the much talked about ferry service from San Fernando to Port-of- Spain.

It was announced by San Fernando Mayor Kenneth Ferguson that the service should start at the end of July or early August. He said so at the statutory meeting of the San Fernando City Council.

He did not want to say when they will arrive.

Work on the infrastructure, such as the paving of the car park, the ticket booths, the toilet facilities, security booths fully furnished and the newly built temporary 500 feet jetty at Lady Hailes Avenue, San Fernando, have been completed.

Work on the water taxi service began in May 2007 as part of a plan to easy the traffic congestion by offering an alternative means of transportation from South to North Trinidad. It was not able to get off the ground initially because of several procurement problems.