Up­grades have be­gun on the land­ing of the Char­lot­teville Jet­ty in an­tic­i­pa­tion of the up­com­ing cruise sea­son.

The 30-day up­grade project, which be­gan to­day (Tues­day 4 June 2024), will see the Jet­ty widened from its cur­rent 5-feet to 7-feet, and length­ened from its cur­rent 20-feet to 37-feet.  Weath­er per­mit­ting, it should be com­plete by ear­ly Ju­ly 2024.

It is be­ing un­der­tak­en by the Spey­side Dis­trict, Di­vi­sion of In­fra­struc­ture, Quar­ries and Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment (DIQUD), in the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA).

This photo dated 2 June 2024, shows the Charlotteville Jetty, in Tobago. Repairs to the jetty began on 4 June 2024, undertaken by the Speyside District, Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development [Image courtesy DIQUD-THA]

“This is a re­sponse to the needs of the cruise tourism in­dus­try to have a more ef­fi­cient and safer berthing for cruise lin­ers en­ter­ing the bay,” a state­ment by DIQUD ex­plained.

“Ves­sels be­ing ser­viced along the ex­ist­ing jet­ty ex­pe­ri­enced some dif­fi­cul­ty dur­ing the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed cruise sea­son,” it not­ed.

The Di­vi­sion ad­vis­es that through­out the ren­o­va­tion ex­er­cise, ac­cess to the jet­ty fa­cil­i­ty will be re­strict­ed for health and safe­ty rea­sons.  In ad­di­tion, it warns that heavy equip­ment will al­so be in op­er­a­tion.