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The rehabilitation of farm roads will continue in designated areas over the next few months under the Hurricane Gustav Agricultural Rehabilitation Project. A sum of $22 million has been provided by the Government in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this and other project activities, including providing key inputs to improve productivity of targeted crops and to rehabilitate...

Three police stations in Kingston and St. Catherine are slated to be to be upgraded by the Government this fiscal year, at a cost of $41 million. The improvement works will be done under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) II, which is funded by the European Union (EU). As contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House...

A total of $9 million has been allocated by the government for the general repair and upkeep of two of the country’s major adult correctional institutions. This is set out in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on May 10. Of the sum,  $4.5 million will be used to facilitate the repair of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, is encouraging road users to be extra vigilant when using the nation’s roads, in order to reduce the number of road accidents and deaths. “Much of our intellectual and economic resources are lost as a result of accidents and deaths on our roads. We can add...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to spend some $25.5 billion on housing activities in the 2012/2013 financial year, which should result in the completion of 2,819 units, compared to an estimated 2,637 units as at March 2012. This is outlined in the ‘Jamaica Public Bodies: Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending March 2013’, which was tabled...

The Government has allocated $2.5 billion for the purchase of buses this fiscal year, as it looks to improve the transport system in the Corporate Area. The amount is part of a $2.568 billion provision made in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Improvement of Public Transport Programme. The $2.5 billion allotment is...

Some $700 million has been allocated to the Maintenance of Roads and Structures project, being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will address work on National Road Services Improvement Programme (Non-NARSIP) areas and relates to the network of main roads...

A total of $34 million has been allocated for the Support for Decentralised Road Maintenance Programme within the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing.  As outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project addresses road maintenance and institutional capacity through the development of maintenance standards, and an evaluation system for tracking contractors’ performance....

The Government has set aside some $4.5 billion for activities under three critical projects being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. They are the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), for which some $1 billion has been allocated; Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP),...

A sum of $21 million has been set aside for the Bogue Road Rehabilitation Project in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This has been outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being financed by the Government of Jamaica and the OPEC Fund for International Development,  seeks to enhance...

The Jamaica Economical Housing Project has been given $1.35 billion in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to upgrade infrastructure (water, sewer and roads) in rural communities of St. Ann and St. Elizabeth; provide affordable housing solutions in St. Elizabeth; and to alleviate the deficit of housing solutions in St. Ann, by...

The Palisadoes Shoreline and Road Project has been allocated some $1.87 billion in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to protect the integrity and viability of the investments made by the Government and ensure that its citizens have reliable access; and to make the corridor less susceptible to flooding, while also protecting...