Improved lighting fixtures, better playgrounds and facilities for young people, and improvement in government services.
These were some of the needs highlighted by residents of Valencia during a People's National Movement (PNM)walkabout on Tuesday.
The walkabout was to introduce Valencia residents to Glenda Jennings-Smith, the PNM candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande.
While on the walkabout, Jennings-Smith and political leader Dr Keith Rowley spoke to the people about their needs.
At her home, Valencia resident Catherine Nicholas greeted Rowley and Jennings-Smith.
"I would like to see this playing field have a jogging ground on it like most other communities where you can come out and exercise comfortably," Nicholas said. "It should have a nice little pavilion fenced around with a playground for the children."
She said some more work needs to be done on the area. The street needed work, she said. While it was recently paved, it needed to have traffic lines painted.
Nicholas said she will be supporting the PNM for the upcoming general elections because she was disappointed with the government. She said that the Section 34 scandal was one issue that she could not forget.
"I'm supporting the PNM because when Section 34 came out, my heart broke to the lowest level on the ground. All the immoral things going on with the Government does not please me at all. I was expecting much better and we did not get it, so I am not pleased," she said.
Winfield Lacroix, who has been living in Valencia for 18 years, said the community would benefit from a well-lit playground. The current government has done some good for the area, he said, but he will still be voting for the PNM.
"They did some things but more needs to be done. We need more things for the children, for the youths, because there is so much crime in the place. We need to secure the youths," Lacroix said.
Pensioner Fitzroy Capriata had a heated exchange with Rowley as he expressed his concerns for the youth of the country. He stated that he did not have any concern for himself but for the younger people and what the government could do to help the younger people succeed.