00:00All will be well. The Prime Minister is coming up on Tuesday. So we clear the airport open.
00:07So the airport will be, the new airport on the, what's that, the eastern side will be open.
00:15That's what the exercise is about. Will be open on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
00:22Minister of Works and Infrastructure Jolene John told the TV6 News final preparations are underway
00:28to ensure a smooth transition.
00:31I'm here on the ground because there's about five different events opening and certainly
00:36the Prime Minister is doing. So I'm just here, just kind of looking at the final preparations.
00:44That's what I'm here to do. I'm like the advanced person, just kind of making sure we're ready.
00:52A walkthrough of the facility was conducted on Saturday morning.
00:56We have airport authority, chairman is here. Carl Martin, CEO is here. The Minister of Transport,
01:03I left him at the airport. Leon, and so on. Aviation people are there. Customs, immigration,
01:10port health, you know. So they're all there doing, in addition to the Tobago House of Assembly,
01:17folks personnel. So they're all there.
01:19She said the airport would be one for the people of Tobago, just in time for the Tobago
01:24October Carnival month end. On June 14th, the new terminal was formally handed over to the airport's
01:32authority by the National Infrastructure Development Company, NITCO, and the Ministry of Works and
01:38Infrastructure. While in March of 2025, the facility underwent a practical opening under former Prime
01:45Minister Dr. Keith Rowley. However, the facility was not operational at that stage. The three mobile
01:52posts in Tobago are also set to open on Tuesday at Plymouth, Goodwood and Signal Hill.
01:59It's an accomplishment for the people at Tobago. It's an accomplishment for the people at Toronto
02:11in November to ensure all these things are set to the mobile units. I saw two just now. They're
02:17one in Signal Hill and one in Goodwood. That's the one. It wasn't Goodwood. The other one, I suppose.
02:22Goodwood, I didn't see. I don't want to play much right. But they're looking good and they're ready.
02:27And the local police officers, the Tobago-based police officers are there and they're ready to go.
02:34Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
