$900 Million Allocated for Hurricane Emergency Assistance
April 2, 2008The Full Story
The Ministry of Transport and Works has been allocated $900 million to fund the Emergency Assistance for Hurricane.
As revealed in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure which is now before the House of Representatives, the project seeks to restore flood damaged areas to pre-flood conditions in order to facilitate normal maintenance.
Anticipated physical targets for the new financial year include the commencement of civil works in areas of Bog Walk, Roselle and Manchioneal.
The project is funded by the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).