Race track being built in Chickland - confirmed

[Dirty Face]

why duane eat d last page?

Buh wda, The ceremony was long and the man get hungry why yuh didnt be a good samaritan and bring 2 tuna/er sandwich for him eh eh?

[SR]

well lets say TTASA involved just like the san fernando race u enjoyed , and track open and race happening without no set of issues , wont u be happy?

clearly you are either wearing blinkers or being taken for a fool

and have been brainwashed by your peers

suggest educating yourself with the entire history of drag racing in this country and the politics behind it

start from why autosport was founded back in the 90's

then come back to the last night drag ttasa had at and the same people who are running ttasa now wanted to know what happened to all the money that was being collected and thrown into a back seat of a car by the gate by the then officials of ttasa

[playerskrew]

well lets say TTASA involved just like the san fernando race u enjoyed , and track open and race happening without no set of issues , wont u be happy?

clearly you are either wearing blinkers or being taken for a fool

and have been brainwashed by your peers

suggest educating yourself with the entire history of drag racing in this country and the politics behind it

start from why autosport was founded back in the 90's

then come back to the last night drag ttasa had at and the same people who are running ttasa now wanted to know what happened to all the money that was being collected and thrown into a back seat of a car by the gate by the then officials of ttasa

yuh preach dey fadda....

[Rooki3]

[..77.]

Is this the same track that was being built over by Freeport , and halted construction . Or is this a different place ??..Frank.

[Andew]

the drag strip is being constructed 1st followed by all the other venues. and ttasa has no involvement also it is being built to IHRA standards

The is a different area from the 1st that being built in freeport.

[M_2NR]

$100m facility for drag racing
http://guardian.co.tt/sport/2011/02/05/100m-facility-drag-racing

Central Trinidad should get its very own drag racing circuit before the end of the year. The sod was turned on Tuesday to`start the construction of the $100 million facility at Chickland Road, Preysal, Couva. The facility would be constructed on 200 acres of land by the Freeport Raceway Company Limited with financing from Odessa Major Organisation Limited. The first phase of the project would cost $5 million and bring substantial development and employment to the area.

Neil Boodoo, CEO of Raceway, confirmed that the drag racing tracks should be in place within eight months, once the weather holds out. When completed, Boodoo added, the facility would have a 1320 foot long drag strip, a go-kart circuit, a motorcross circuit, a bumper car center, an indoor ice skating ring and a water park. Boodoo said Raceway was looking towards the government to develop the access infrastructure such as roads, lights and water.

Turning the sod was Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh, Caroni Central MP and Minister of the People. Ramadharsingh said governments supports the initiative of the private sector to bring development to the people of T&T. He also recognized the need for getting a racing circuit in place to curb the level of illegal racing taking place on the streets of T&T.

There is also a FB page...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Freeport-Raceway/129990707066274?v=wall#!/pages/Freeport-Raceway/129990707066274?v=info

[X2]

$5mm and 8 months for an IHRA quality track sounds a bit optimistic... but who cares ? Ppl ready to race... apparently someone is listening.

BTW... around the world... drag racing events (non competition) are held without the sanctioning of NHRA or FIA, etc... TTASA and for that matter, no NSO is not needed to construct or run a facility... why the big argument ?

[Computerman]

$5mm and 8 months for an IHRA quality track sounds a bit optimistic... but who cares ? Ppl ready to race... apparently someone is listening.

BTW... around the world... drag racing events (non competition) are held without the sanctioning of NHRA or FIA, etc... TTASA and for that matter, no NSO is not needed to construct or run a facility... why the big argument ?

The question is whether you can get police, ambulance and insurance without the 'ok' of the NSO? Or, the reverse, if you already have these if they can stop your event because they are the NSO?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ you do not need the NSO to get fire, ambulance and police for an event.
The NSO cannot stop your event if you are not sanctioned by them.
They can probably stop your event is you are sanctioned by them.

Rally, karting, motorcross, off-road and solodex all take place currently without sanctioning from the NSO.

a sanctioning body / NSO is important though for many reasons including having a single voice and representation to the Ministry of Sport and having a unified complaints board higher than the board of your motorsport club or association etc. There are many pluses to having a unified Governing body as the NSO.

[AutoSport]

So the objections have started....

See Pg 12 Newsday today 7th Feb.

There was indication that all approvals had been obtained.

http://www.newsday.co.tt/letters/0,135380.html

Stop Chickland drag racing

Monday, February 7 2011

THE EDITOR: Many of the residents of Chickland Village are pleading with the authorities to stop the drag racing project in their area.

They have written to the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and are awaiting a response to their plight. Ministers Glenn Ramadharsingh and Colin Partap were there at the sod-turning ceremony to lend support to the private drag racing track which, according to resident Ranjit Soogrim, has not gone down too well with some of the villagers.

According to an official of the EMA, no approval has yet been given to build the drag racing track in Chickland Village.

This situation needs to be urgently addressed before any more work is done on the drag racing track.

Many residents including Soogrim are up in arms against the building of any drag racing track in their area and want the intervention of the Government and the EMA.

On November 16, 2009, the then Member of Parliament Dr Hamza Rafeeq wrote on behalf of his constituents of Siewdass Road, which is located close to Chickland Village — to complain that some negative developments were taking place within the community.

A few of the residents, according to Dr Rafeeq’s letter, were approached by the prospective owners who indicated that they wanted a “lil drag strip” to keep away the youths from racing on the road.

However, the villagers were amazed at the dimension of the project which was estimated to cost in the region of 20 million dollars. Dr Rafeeq informed the EMA in 2009 that an Environmental Clearance Certificate was issued to the Trinidad and Tobago Automobile Association for the project without the required community consultation being held.

As a result of Dr Rafeeq’s intervention, the project was halted.

Now the owners have started a new drag racing strip in the neighbouring Chickland Village and they are getting the support of some politicians.

The big question, once again, is whether they have consulted all the stakeholders about the project.

Soogrim and other complainants believe that a drag racing strip being built on approximately 30 acres of land next to the Couva River will ruin the community and the noise pollution will affect villagers for miles around.

They believe that the imported culture this activity will bring to the area will wreck family life, damage road infrastructure, cause traffic congestion and not to mention the disruption of lives on a personal scale.

HARRACK

BALRAMSINGH

La Romaine

[SR]

any race track needs to meet with ema approval before works can start as you cannot get town and country approval without it


from as simple as noise analasys within the proximity of residents needs to be assesed

[cinco]

arent they all squatting?

[AutoSport]

I repeat, it was stated that all approvals were obtained.

And to get EMA, you had to have dialog with the surrounding residents with feedback being submitted to EMA.

How else all of those Ministers could attend the sod turning ceremony?

Mischief? or Mr. Chief?

[AutoSport]

And a lil more specifics....

The EMA would have requested that neighbouring residents/receptors, on the surrounding boundaries of the site, are informed about the proposed project and given the opportunity to share any opinion of the proposed activities.

Sharing of information related to the project should have entailed the distribution of flyers to inform the neighbouring residents/receptors of the proposed activity and provide them with the opportunity to comment on the proposed activity. Flyers should have included the following information:

Nature and precise location of the project; Activities to be undertaken that may impact on nearby receptors (e.g. site preparation and construction works, operation of motor racing course).
Summary of significant impacts resulting from the activities listed above (e.g. potential for fugitive dust and other gaseous emissions and noise) and mitigation measures to reduce such impacts.

A copy of the flyer and distribution list with the names, addresses, time of receipt of flyers, comments and signatures of persons receiving the flyers must be forwarded to the EMA.

So how come this objection now?

[wagonrunner]

typical mentality of that ilk

[crazybalhead]

What do you mean "You people" Wagonrunner???



Ohor...is ILK yuh say....ORRRR!!!!!

[Kronik]

Does anyone from the actual area object to it??? cuz that writer is from La Romain i seeing there

[turbohead]

man circuit>drags imho. more action involved. who the fleck wanna go ice skating at drag track, i could unnerstan the bumper cars but nehow once we get it nice i kool. where do i sign up to be active member.lol

[tr1ad]

as i was telling a group on fb when they sent the msg..... sod turning for a track start building your cars

when they cut a ribbon and have sheldon and garcia burn the first rubber

then believe it


but them vex with me after i tell them

[SmokeyGTi]

fack dem squatters an dem
build d facking track...

[sMASH]

bill trak!!!

[AllTrac]

man circuit>drags imho. more action involved. who the fleck wanna go ice skating at drag track,

me.

[turbohead]

man jump in yuh freezer and skate on yuh batty..

[Bezman]

man jump in yuh freezer and skate on yuh batty..

BUILD TRACK

[professor]

Trinidadians want everything without any inconvenience to them; good roads but no traffic jams or diversions, good policing but no road blocks, rehab centers but not in our area, good water system but don't dig up the road, remember when the cylinders on the highway collasped, fix them but not when I have to go to town, we want a Race Track, but one that would be quiet and no traffick, better yet, put it somewhere else, but not too far for me to go, and it must be free. We not easy.

[Garrett Inside]

^proff, i does feel d same way sometimes, i really do hope this track happens.
ah only hope they building the 1320ft track with adequate stopping distance.
cause ah reading about it and hear it on news that the 1320ft track will be constructed in 8 months.
otherwise is just 1/8 mile drags we go hadda do.

[Garrett Inside]

oh and i doh even mind paying a entrance fee that may be steep to some, once it it reasonable to me.
it would weed out the jokers anyway. So.......private developer(s), as legit as posible, go ahead strong please.

[AllTrac]

man jump in yuh freezer and skate on yuh batty..

if u eh studying to make sand piggy yuh studying man batty?

[RoTaRyBoYz]

Ah wonder who getting the video rights for this new track?

1firechook