Hous­ing and En­vi­ron­ment Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal says tech­nocrats are still re­view­ing the tech­ni­cal de­tails of the pos­si­bil­i­ty of ad­just­ing Phase Two of the $7.2 bil­lion Point Fortin to San Fer­nan­do high­way. Mooni­lal was speak­ing to re­porters at the launch of a school de­bate com­pe­ti­tion, held at the Rudranath Capildeo Learn­ing Re­source Cen­tre in Cou­va yes­ter­day. He said cit­i­zens had a le­git­i­mate right to protest if they felt that the high­way was not in their best in­ter­est. How­ev­er, he said Gov­ern­ment had not "slammed the door" on any new pro­pos­al be­ing put for­ward by ac­tivists. "My in­for­ma­tion is that the Min­istry of Works and the peo­ple who are ob­ject­ing to the high­way are en­gaged in talks, and we are now look­ing at the tech­ni­cal is­sues sur­round­ing the new pro­pos­als," Mooni­lal said.

He added: "Once we can sort out the tech­ni­cal is­sues, we will be able to please every­one." In the mean­time, Mooni­lal said, con­trac­tors were con­tin­u­ing to build the high­way from the Point Fortin end as well as Phase One from Gol­con­da to Debe. "They are do­ing this while they look at the tech­ni­cal as­pects of the ad­just­ments to the high­way. There is no im­me­di­ate prob­lem right now," Mooni­lal said. He said Gov­ern­ment could not reach a con­clu­sion un­less the pro­pos­als are ex­plored in tech­ni­cal de­tail.