Roger Samuel - Arima

I want to sincerely thank the constituents of Arima for affording me the opportunity to serve them as their MP and by extension the nation.I would like to humbly thank all of my supporters for their time, dedication and effort put towards this election.
During the past five years I've been able to deliver over 95% of the things promised. The Arima now is different from the one inherited in 2010

Since 2010, a great deal of work has been done in transforming the infrastructure of Arima, as an essential part of modernising the foundation of our community.

The work we have pursued for people and families has seen improved water supplies that you can rely on, roads and drainage reconstructed and upgraded, social services reaching more families that need it, better jobs and opportunities for young people, better spaces for families and opportunities for agriculture and small business expansion.

Putting country and people first, we have been able to build a new platform for progress for Arima. That new platform now sees progress in Arima through major rehabilitation and resurfacing works on 57,000 metres of road at 58 locations across the constituency, with 90 percent of roadways in the Arima Town-Centre rehabilitated.

We have paved:
· Railway Road
· Guanapo Road
· Bye Pass Road
· Calvary Road
· Hollis Ave
· Woodford Street
· St.Joseph Street
· Quesnel Street
· Queen Street
· Sorzano Street
· Green Street
· Sanchez Street
· Farfan Street
· King Street
· Pro Queen Street
· La Retreat
· Calvary Branch Road
· De Graff Street
· Church Street
· Aripo Main Road (paving /patching)
· Temple Street (patching)
· La Fillette Main Road (patching)
· Blanchisseuse to Arima (upper area)

Road rehabilitation and resurfacing works were also completed at:
· Valley view # 1 & 2
· Nurse Lane
· Bernard Lane
· Train Line
· Freedom Street
· Punnette Avenue
· Wall Street
· Freedom Avenue
· Dora Lane
· Old Blanchisseuse Road
· Wilson Road
· Short Road
· Grape Fruit Crescent Pinto
· Lime Boulevard Santa Rosa Heights Santa Rosa Heights
· Hoyte Ave
· 7 Up Road
· Robert Street
· Jean Street
· Jean Street Ext
· Gooding Trace
· Bertie Street
· Nicole Street
· Jean Marie Street
· Paul Street
· Louis Street
· Cecile Street
· Maurice Ave.
· Boodoo Street
· Inspector Road
· Paul Mitchell Extension
· Marie Street
· Hosein Street
· Devenish Street
· Rawle Street
· Industry Street

By hearing your views and ideas, we have worked to deliver on your very specific needs. Among the successfully delivered projects are:
· Replacement of bridge at Marianne River with a New Bailey Bridge
· Re-construction of road at 15mile mark. (Morne la-Corix) after (Major Land Slide )
· Restoration of Mt. Pleasant Bridge (Road) after 28 years
· Maturita Trace (construction of pavement & box drain)Approx. 300m
· Construction of Retaining Walls along the Mausica River( 1000m), Arima River(500m)and Mexico River (100m) approx. (Back of Centenary School)
· Major Retaining Wall 16ft high 90m long on Figaro Trace, La Fillette
· Blanchisseuse Road Twenty-Five (25) km of ongoing contracted work (pavement, box drain, curb &slipper drain and retaining wall (resurfacing-phase one8km ongoing )
· La Retreat Road (Box drain, pavement, curb& slipper, resurfacing)
· Construction of Box drain, curb and slipper and retaining walls Aripo Main Road
· Construction of Arima Police Station
· Bridge on Gooding Trace
· Retaining Wall Paradise Hill
· Construction of 4 Bus Sheds
· LayBy at Santa Rosa Heights

We all remember the damage and losses to person and families when heavy rains came. In the past five years, we have comprehensively upgraded the nation’s drainage network and Arima has been an important part of that national programme. As a result, Arima now stands on a stronger platform of over 25,000 metres of improved and more efficient drainage networks at:

· Nurse Lane and Punnette Avenue- 30m Pinto
· Sesame Street to Train line (Pinto) 180m Pinto
· Get Well Avenue – 40m Pinto
· Maturita Trace
· Paria Main Road
· Frank Hart
· La Retreat Road
· Jones Town
· Orange Flats
· River Road -75m
· Kingdom Avenue (Maturita)
· La Fillette (300m)
· Bye Pass Road
· Blanchisseuse Road
· La Retreat
· Aripo Road
· Freedom Street
· 1st Ave. off Pinto
· Punnette Ave. off Pinto Road
· Paradise Hill – Blanchisseuse
· La Fillette Main Road
· Figaro Trace La Fillette
· Maturita main drain

Dry walling of the Mausica River from EMR to PBR.
Drying walling of Arima River in Pinto

Approximately 500 metres of Kerb and Slipper drains to support the transformed drainage network in Arima have been delivered at:
· Tasso Road Maturita
· Eden Rahim off Cocorite Road
· Ephraim Joseph
· Soprano drive off Fiddlers Dream
· Walnut drive
· Pinto Road- Punnette Avenue
· Maturita Trace
· Get Well Avenue
· Victoria Street
· Torrecillia Central Road
· Gooding Trace
· Raglan Street
· Lower village Blanchisseuse
· Paria Main Road Blanchisseuse

A significant part of the constituency of Arima relies on access roads to make agriculture a successful business. For this reason, after meeting and listening to the ideas and needs of persons involved in this industry, road, drainage and access networks have been transformed at:
· Mexico
· Brazil
· Antigua
· Amazon
· Trinidad
· Yucatan
· Esequibo
· Madamas
· Mamoral
· El Brasso Trace
· DandradeTrace
·Morne Poui
· Peter Circular
· La Pastora Trace
· La Riviere Salee Trace
· Mexico

To accompany this programme, a Lighting & Recreational Ground upgrade programme has been undertaken at:
· Pelota grounds (development of surface)
· Maturita grounds, Kingdom Avenue
· Lawrence Park
· Princess Royal Park (South)
· Maturita Basket Ball Court

Supporting the work that we have pursued in the past five years, to make life in Arima better, safer and more comfortable, some of the most recently pursued projects include:
· Start of construction of the La Fillette R.C. School
· Upgrade of the Blanchisseuse Health Centre
· Upgrade of the Blanchisseuse Police Station
· Upgrade of the Blanchisseuse Fishing Depot
· Upgrade of the Blanchisseuse Community Centre
· Construction of a new Blanchisseuse Pavillion
· Reconstruction of the Santa Rosa Heights cause way
· Reconstruction of the Punnette Avenue cause way
· Reconstruction of the Blanchisseuse cause way
At the Heights of Aripo, we have:
· Upgraded the water distribution system
· Repaired the L'Orange Bridge
· Constructed over 12 Retaining Walls
· Paved the Main Road

Other infrastructure and community facility upgrade and construction projects include:
· Construction of New Double Bridge, Eastern Main Road Wallerfield
· New Early Childhood Centre, Eastern Main Road Wallerfield
· Upgrade of Water Supply at Brasso Seco
· 165 Certificates of Comfort at Demerara

In service to the people of Arima, and the national community, we have also proudly recorded a number of firsts. Two of the top first deliveries which directly impact your quality of life are:
· Reliable, clean, pipe-borne water for the first time at Verdant Vale, and
· The start of the Arima Hospital, which has been promised for decades

Construction of a new block at the Arima Health Facility
Vulnerable families have been helped and supported into self-sufficiency, and families on low incomes have been opened up to hundreds of new training and development programmes to equip themselves with skills
· 40 home repair grants were issued;
· 105 Self-Help home improvement grants were issued;
· Over 600 TTCards were distributed;
· Over 50 persons were assisted in obtaining Old Age Pensions, Public Assistance, Disability Benefits and Medical Assistance grants;
· Over 2000 hampers have been distributed to homes transitioning out of poverty;
· Almost 20 persons were assisted in obtaining small business grants;
· 27 persons and families were approved for new Housing Development Corporation homes;
· A number of homes were constructed for families in need through the URP Social and Self Help programmes;
· Education and Health Fairs were successfully hosted at Blanchisseuse, Brasso Seco, Pinto, Arima and Princess Royal Park Arima

Words cannot describe my appreciation and sincere gratitude.
I may no longer be th
e MP but i will not cease to serve Arima and the nation at large.
I will be there for you.God bless you richly