San Fernando to Point Fortin Highway

[Numb3r4]

Can't wait for the M2 refurb to begin. That road is beyond horrible.

Yes I quite agree.

[9YDMS]

The road that passes under the interchange in debe was open today!

[Ted_v2]

Passed today. Too much roundabouts.

Debe people don't know the drive yet so stay alert. Had a few stopped in the middle of the road. Lost

[mufasa10]

FOUR round about in such a small place.... In Debe... Allyuh could pass any time after 10 in the night to see drift. :-D:-D

[Richard Marshall]

The road that passes under the interchange in debe was open today!

Opened sometime Saturday. You wouldn't believed the chaos it had Saturday night. And the traffic. People was driving all over the place...

[urbandilema]

Wait they finished the part to point ahready?

[Ted_v2]

Nope.

The next part that might open is the berris trace to oroupouche road. Its already paved ect

[RBphoto]

The Case -:

*The Ministry of Works wants to build two (2) highways from Point Fortin. One goes from Point to Mon Desir, along the Mosquito Creek to San Fernando. We are not challenging this highway. This one is a bonus for the people of deep South who suffered for too long.

*The other one is a 6 foot high, 9.1 mile embankment through the Oropuche Basin, passing through thirteen communities from Mon Desir to Debe. This one will create massive dislocation, flooding, and alienate fertile lands.

* It will generate metropolitan sprawl in peaceful, well-knit, empowered communities. We are against this madness. This is highway robbery, make-work for contractors - make work to build it and make work to clean up when the floods hit.


* We want the repair and widening of roads in this area, as well as the use of outlying secondary roads to create connectivity in this area.


* This Mon Desir to Debe is overkill, unnecessary, too costly, corrupt, violent, bogus and frankly, a dumb deal for Trinidad and Tobago.

Opened this tread on the first page by accident and re-read this first post. Just quoting to point out the most epic thread backfire ever.

[neexis]

The road that passes under the interchange in debe was open today!

Opened sometime Saturday. You wouldn't believed the chaos it had Saturday night. And the traffic. People was driving all over the place...

Well.. with a traffic scheme as dumb as that, what did they really expect?!

Two roundabouts... but they still have an intersection with stop signs going to San Fernando/Highway.. smh.. so basically no proper flow of traffic.
Also Trinis have no idea how intersections and stop signs are supposed to work.

Who's designing these things, really?

[abbow]

^^ the guys who building the hw, dont have a clue ...much less for the guys who say they have a traffic plan....

[RBphoto]

I don't have a problem navigating there. Just takes a little getting used to. People need to slow the fcuk down and read signs tho.

[grad]

anybody knows whats the deal with the house located at the junction of debe link road and suchit trace? the one house that hasn't been demolished from debe to penal? i saw a sign that said something along the lines of "we are not against the highway but...."
didn't make out the entire sign. anybody knows whats up with there?

btw two of those roundabouts should be temporary. the one in the ROW of the highway at the end would be moved when the highway continues. Same for the other one going to duncan village as well, since the exit on the right to enter the highway would be redundant when the interchange is built fully.

[grad]

I don't have a problem navigating there. Just takes a little getting used to. People need to slow the fcuk down and read signs tho.

This! Same happened when Golconda interchange was opened. First few days saw lots of cars on mornings just coming down the southbound to the end of the highway, taking the roundabout and going straight back up like they missed the turnoff lol

[Toyopet]

Of the new piece that opened this weekend, I think the RABs are permanent but the junctions are temporary. This contractor I believe, has no idea, or doesn't care enough, to do proper temporary works.
There is inadequate lighting, the lines fade away quickly or become covered in sand and the potholes cause me to worry, even with 65 series tyres on a pickup. I believe more should be done to the temporary works.

[RBphoto]

If you are using waze you will get messed up. The commands and the route shown don't exactly match what you have to do to navigate there. Either the route is too complex or too many other idiots just dove there like crazy ants and Waze has no idea how the road system works there judging from the paths they took.

[Numb3r4]

I navigated it just fine. Simply slow down read the signs and drive.

Although it was at night so I didn't have the bother of traffic to distract. Still once you drive slowly you should be fine.

[badandy]

anybody knows whats the deal with the house located at the junction of debe link road and suchit trace? the one house that hasn't been demolished from debe to penal? i saw a sign that said something along the lines of "we are not against the highway but...."
didn't make out the entire sign. anybody knows whats up with there?

It is alleged, that many years ago he heard about a h/way passing around there. Bought a couple acres and a few years ago wrote T&C for approval for a mall. T&C approved and now he is asking for a few million (20) dollars because he has approval for a mall. NIDCO doesn`t want to pay so much for just bare land but man has approval for a mall. So the man just being shrewd.

[TriP]

Roundabout at Debe


New Mosquito Creek Bridge 1


Mosquito Creek Bridge 2


Completed portion of the highway - St Mary's Junction to Mon Desir


Mon Desir to Grants Trace (Rousillac) - Expected to be completed by Mid April 2015

[nervewrecker]

St marys junction to mon desir open?

[rspann]

Passed today. Too much roundabouts.

Debe people don't know the drive yet so stay alert. Had a few stopped in the middle of the road. Lost

You stop all of them and make sure they show you proof that they from Debe? You have any idea how many people from all over Trinidad use that route?

[RBphoto]

Passed today. Too much roundabouts.

Debe people don't know the drive yet so stay alert. Had a few stopped in the middle of the road. Lost

You stop all of them and make sure they show you proof that they from Debe? You have any idea how many people from all over Trinidad use that route?

I am from there and I got stuck the first time too

[3stagevtec]

I think the new routing opened is temporary.. When the overpass is finished, they will finalize the routing. I see no problem here, especially when you look at how awful it was a few years back. Traffic there used to drive me nuts!

[Sundar]

I think the new routing opened is temporary.. When the overpass is finished, they will finalize the routing. I see no problem here, especially when you look at how awful it was a few years back. Traffic there used to drive me nuts!

soo true, is all dem food places that cause all d traffic slowing for ppl to reverse out.

[Numb3r4]

I traveled through it and it was no problem I just read the signs and applied my knowledge of round a bouts.

Besides as someone mentioned before it is probably a temporary measure to help control traffic flow until the final structure is built.

Given how bad the roads were before this is a welcomed improvement. The route is a much easier drive...less stressful...saves time too...for me anyway.

[TurboSingh12]

St marys junction to mon desir open?

Nope not yet but its almost complete

[grad]

At debe link road/ suchit trace junction, it looks like they routing the highway around the house that hasnt been demolished yet.

[zoom rader]

Seems south ppl pretty eager and happy for this highway.

[RBphoto]

Update, Waze seems to have adapted. Navigating there no problem now.

[*OUTSIDER*]

Nut sure if it was posted before...

A view from Berridge Trace Overpass

[The_Honourable]

Sweet!