Con­struc­tion of the new $US400 mil­lion Unit­ed States em­bassy in Mar­aval has be­gun and em­bassy of­fi­cials have ad­vised that near­by res­i­dents may ex­pe­ri­ence noise and traf­fic dis­rup­tions as a re­sult in the com­ing months.

The em­bassy is be­ing con­struct­ed on the site of what was the Trinidad Coun­try Club lo­cat­ed on Long Cir­cu­lar Road, Mar­aval.

"The em­bassy apol­o­gis­es to res­i­dents and mo­torists in the area for the in­con­ve­nience in­clud­ing noise and in­ter­mit­tent traf­fic dis­rup­tions in the next few months, be­cause of the use of heavy equip­ment on site," a state­ment by the US em­bassy in Port-of-Spain said.

“We are de­light­ed that the two large, his­toric Samaan trees on the prop­er­ty are to be pre­served in the fi­nal land­scape plan. I know how dear these trees are to our Trin­bag­on­ian neigh­bours,” Chargé d’Af­faires Dr Jenifer Nei­d­hart de Or­tiz said.

The state­ment added that the nest of a pro­tect­ed species of blue and yel­low macaws nest­ing in a tree on the site will al­so be pre­served un­til the macaw chicks fledge the nest.

The 11-acre prop­er­ty was ac­quired in 2023 and the em­bassy says that hun­dreds of Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als will be em­ployed on the project, which will show­case state-of-the-art de­signs and ma­te­ri­als.

“It is not just a phys­i­cal ex­pan­sion, but a pow­er­ful re­flec­tion of the ro­bust and long­stand­ing re­la­tion­ship be­tween the peo­ple and gov­ern­ment of the Unit­ed States and Trinidad and To­ba­go. It will im­prove the ex­pe­ri­ence for visa ap­pli­cants, and those con­duct­ing busi­ness with the U.S. gov­ern­ment,” Nei­d­hart de Or­tiz said.

It is ex­pect­ed to be com­plet­ed in 2029.