The Port of Spain Corporation is one of fourteen Municipal Corporations legislated by the Municipal Corporations Act 21 of 1990 to provide a range of services and infrastructure which relate directly to the environmental health and safety of their respective spatial areas. In the case of the Port of Spain Corporation, its responsibility lies within the City of Port of Spain. The City’s boundaries spans from the sea in the south to the foothills of the Northern Range; in the west from the Cocorite Walkover, along Fort George Road into Long Circular Road, to a point just below the Trinidad Hilton. In the east, the boundaries encompass Sea Lots, East Dry River, Belmont and Gonzales. The Corporation has been receiving increased requests from burgesses for more improved and/or better quality services. The response however, because of inadequate funding has been that of piecemeal development or infrastructural works, a less than satisfactory delivery of services or the tendency to be focused on the areas with high visibility, as such the satisfaction of the citizenry has not been realized, especially those burgesses in the poor communities. The Trinidad and Tobago Government envisions in the year 2020, a citizenry who enjoys a quality of life that is consistent with that of a developed country. Against this background, the Port of Spain Corporation based on the policy directives of the line Ministry, the Ministry of Local Government has been engaged in initiatives to deliver on this goal.
