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Efforts are being made to significantly improve the public passenger transportation system this financial year, through a $2.2 billion allocation to purchase new buses. Details of the project are outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed by the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The programme, being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, will...

Some $401.9 million has been provided to continue work in four parishes, under phase two of the government’s Rural Road Rehabilitation Project. The allocation, which is set out in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed by the Standing Finance Committee of the House, aims to rehabilitate approximately 47 kilometres of road and supporting infrastructure in sections of Clarendon,...

Work under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) forms part of activities to commence this month through the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP), for which some $2.5 billion has been budgeted. As detailed in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed by Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee, the MIDP aims to continue road improvement works and attendant activities islandwide. Envisaged...

The St. Catherine Police are seeking the public’s assistance, as they investigate the theft of 53 batteries from solar lighting systems from sections of Highway 2000 in the parish. Persons with information that can assist the investigations are asked to call the Highway 2000 East-West toll free number at 1-888-429-5632 or the Ferry Police at 705-8349 or 705-8112. Chief Executive...

An additional $1.2 billion has been allocated in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, to continue the rehabilitation of infrastructure across the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), which was damaged during the passage of Tropical Storm Sandy in 2010. The work, being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, under the Tropical Storm Nicole – KMA Drainage Project, seeks to...

Major rehabilitation work will continue this year under the Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme, following the provision of $1.37 billion in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Inter-American Development bank (IDB), the programme targets the rehabilitation and maintenance of key sections of the country’s main and primary road network, by minimizing the impact...

A number of initiatives will be undertaken this fiscal year to enhance energy efficiency and conservation within the public sector, through a $310 million allocation in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will provide for the engagement of energy auditors; replacement of inefficient air-conditioning and lighting systems; to retrofit and insulate building envelopes;...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has been allocated $1.85 billion, which is expected to aid in carrying out its 237 projects for this fiscal year. The funds have been made available in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The projects comprise social infrastructure, which will focus on the enhancement of 25 schools and two...

Residents of Hayfield, St. Thomas, have welcomed the rehabilitation of two kilometres of roadway in their community, which they say makes it easier for them to transport their produce to the market. The road was repaired at a cost of approximately $37.3 million with funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), under the Community Investment Programme, and was implemented by...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the much anticipated construction of a 360-megawatt electricity capacity plant will commence this calendar year. The Governor General, who was delivering the Throne Speech to mark the opening of the 2013/14 Parliamentary Year at Gordon House on Thursday morning, April 4, said the new facility will replace “the existing...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be undertaking a major infrastructure project in the amount of US$353 million. The project, announced by Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, in his Throne Speech to open the 2013/14 Parliamentary Year on Thursday, April 4, is among several initiatives that the Government will be pursuing as it...

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, are to benefit from a number of road improvement projects, which will be undertaken in the new fiscal year that got underway on April 1. This was disclosed by State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, following an extensive tour of sections of the Municipality on April 3. Mr....