Wallerfield is a

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and industrial area east of

Arima Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of the ...

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. It served as Waller Air Force Base, and since the closure of U.S. Army base in May 1949 it became the informal home of various types of racing (using former airstrips to make a racetrack known as Wallerfield International Raceway) for over 40 years. It is the site of a new multimillion-dollar

University of Trinidad and Tobago The University of Trinidad and Tobago, also known as UTT, is a state owned university in Trinidad and Tobago established in 2004. Its main campus, currently under construction, will be located at Wallerfield in Trinidad. Presently, its campuses ...

campus complex, as well as several housing developments and other projects. Further projects were planned transforming it into Trinidad and Tobago's first science and technology research park, known as the Tamana InTech Park.

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