PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government and environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh appear headed for another confrontation after Works and Infrastructure Minister Emmanuel George described as “good news” an unsigned report by an independent committee on the controversial seven billion (One TT dollar = US$0.37 cents) highway south of here. But Kublalsingh, who staged a 21 day hunger strike outside the Office of the Prime Minister over the portion of the Debe to Mon Desir segment of the San Fernando to Point Fortin Highway, is urging the government not to deliberately mis-interpret the report of the committee chaired by Independent senator Dr James Armstrong. George, speaking at the end of the weekly Cabinet meeting, said that his interpretation of the 257 page report “indicates that the highway should be built.
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