PP Gov’t Spend $284.3 Billion in their 5 years (2011-2015) in office and what do they have to show for it?
• Settled 130 wage negotiations 34 of which was left outstanding by the PNM
• Settled $25 billion CLICO Crisis
• Turn around a recession economy from negative 3.5% to positive 1.7% growth
• Turn around the agriculture sector
• Created the Children life fund
• Reduced poverty by 7%
• Created the Single Electronic Window for ease of doing business
• Built the Couva Interchange
• Converted Chancery Lane office complex into a teaching hospital
• Replaced the Navet South Trunk Main which improved water supply to over 250,000 households
• Upgrades to Hollis Main for an improved water supply along corridor
• Paid $1.5 billion owed to contractors by the PNM
• Completed the Aranguez Overpass
• Constructed the St. Helena Delta Bridge connecting Kelly Village to Piarco
• Completed the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway Extension
• Constructed a Third Lane to Uriah Butler Highway
• Rehabilitated the Tarouba Link Road.
• Construction of the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension from Golconda to Debe
• Completion of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway/Uriah Butler Highway Interchange
• Built over 100 new schools
• Built 8 new police stations at Arima, Maloney, Piarco, Cumuto, Brasso, Oropouche, La Brea and Moruga.
• Provided 500 new vehicles to the Police Service
• Created over 40 New Bus routes
• Processed more than 7,000 Certificates of Comfort (COCs).
• Commissioned 12 community centres at Gulf View, Marac, Waterloo, Union Claxton Bay, Malabar Phase IV, La Gloria, Hindustan, Bon Air West, Ste. Madeleine, Sisters’ Road, Second Caledonia, Duranta
• Built over 30 Bridges
• Ministry of Local Gov’t paved 1150 local roads in fiscal year 2012/13
• Increased Local Government Councilors stipends from $3,000 to $7,000
• FOREIGN direct investment increased by over 400% since 2010 from $3.5 billion to almost $16.1 billion.
• Given out 95,000 Laptops to Form one Students
• Reduced Inflation from 16% in 2010 to 6% in 2014.
• Opened 17 MIC Technology Centre
• Increased 24/7 Water Supply from 18% in 2010 to 73% in
2014
• Installed lights at 160 Recreation Grounds
• Increased old age pension by $1,000
• Increased minimum wage from $9.00 to $15.00
• New Port Galeota
• Nursing Academy, El Dorado
• Aviation Academy, Camden, Couva,
• Drilling Academy, Ste Madeleine
• Woodford Lodge Technology Campus
• World Class Aquatic Centre, Couva
• World Class Cycling Velodrome, Couva
• Tennis Centre, Tacarigua
Delivery for Tobago
• Completed the long awaited Tobago hospital improving health care in Tobago
• Completed the Magdalena Grand improving rooms for Tourism
• Opened a new gas station at Roxborough.
• Fixing the problem with obtaining land title
• IMPROVED BUS SERVICE
• $150 million upgrade for ANR Airport
• New Fire Station for Black Rock (In Progress, See Udecott site for status)
• New MET Office (In Progress, See Udecott site for status)
• Opened the Tobago Technology Centre at Bon Accord
• The establishment of an integrated campus for UTT
• 100% OF TOBAGO WILL HAVE 24/7 WATER SUPPLY BY JULY
and the list goes on...
BUDGETS by Year
2010/11 – $49 billion
BUDGET STATEMENT 2011
http://www.ttembassy.org/uploads/pdf/Budget_Statement_2011.pdf2011/12 - $54.6 billion
BUDGET STATEMENT 2012
http://finance.gov.tt/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Budget-Statement-2012.pdf2012/13 - $58.4 billion
BUDGET STATEMENT 2013
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/story/Budget-Statement-2013.pdf2013/14 - $61.3 billion
BUDGET STATEMENT 2014
http://finance.gov.tt/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Budget-Statement-2014.pdfRevised 2014/15 - $61 Billion
5 Years TOTAL = $284.3 Billion