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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....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, has expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of road works being undertaken across sections of Westmoreland at a cost of over $1.5 billion. “So far, we are satisfied that the majority of the projects being carried out will be completed within time, as we are...

MONTEGO BAY - The New Roads community water tank in Westmoreland, which serves over 2000 residents, has been rehabilitated at a cost of just over $1 million. Funding for the project was jointly provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) of State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has provided home grants totalling $43.2 million to help lower income contributors to purchase housing solutions in its newest scheme at Perth, Manchester. A total of 36 beneficiaries have received grants of $1.2 million to buy their lots. These funds were made available to persons earning no more than $10,000 weekly and who have been...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has invested approximately $677.5 million in its first major housing development in Manchester. Located at Perth, the 592-acre development is just a few kilometers from the town centre of Mandeville. The Trust began the official hand over of service lots to the first 25, of 245 beneficiaries in Phase 1 of the development, on Wednesday,...