Mo­torists trav­el­ling to and from the ANR Robin­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port in To­ba­go are be­ing ad­vised to ex­pect tem­po­rary traf­fic changes to­mor­row for the of­fi­cial open­ing of the air­port’s new East­ern Ter­mi­nal.

The Air­ports Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go said the arrange­ments will be in ef­fect from 10 am to 3 pm on Oc­to­ber 13.

Un­der the arrange­ments an­nounced by the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly, Store Bay Lo­cal Road, be­tween Gaskin Bay Road and Mil­ford Road, will op­er­ate as a one-way route for east-to-west traf­fic dur­ing the af­fect­ed pe­ri­od.

The Au­thor­i­ty said the mea­sures are in­tend­ed to en­sure the safe and or­der­ly move­ment of ve­hi­cles around the air­port, min­imise traf­fic con­ges­tion and pro­tect mo­torists, pedes­tri­ans and oth­er road users dur­ing the open­ing cer­e­mo­ny.

Mo­torists, par­tic­u­lar­ly those trav­el­ling to and from the air­port, are urged to plan their jour­neys ac­cord­ing­ly, al­low ad­di­tion­al trav­el time and obey tem­po­rary traf­fic signs and di­rec­tions is­sued by of­fi­cers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice.

The Au­thor­i­ty thanked the trav­el­ling pub­lic and sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties for their un­der­stand­ing and co­op­er­a­tion as To­ba­go pre­pares to mark the for­mal open­ing of the new East­ern Ter­mi­nal.