Work will continue on the Palisadoes Shore and Road Project in the next fiscal year, with additional budgetary support of $5 million. The money has been set aside in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure and will be used to undertake the continued monitoring of mangroves under the environmental sub-project. The overall project aims to protect the integrity and viability of...

Construction for two drop-in centres for homeless persons in the parishes of St. Thomas and Trelawny is expected to be completed in the 2018/19 fiscal year. To facilitate the undertaking, a sum of $28 million has been allocated in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is being financed from the Consolidated Fund and...

The Government has budgeted $168 million in the upcoming fiscal year to undertake construction and renovation works at several correctional facilities as well as improve the mobility of the Department of Correctional Services. Of the sum, $82 million will be spent at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston for the construction of an external changing area utilising retrofitted...

Work will continue on the rehabilitation of the Broadgate to Agualta Vale roadway in St. Mary this year, through a $500 million allocation in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. This additional work should bring the project to 85 per cent completion. The undertaking falls under the Rural Road Rehabilitation Project II, which is being...

Work is expected to commence on irrigation systems in St. Catherine and Clarendon this year under a $100-million infrastructure rehabilitation project. The funds have been provided by the Government in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the National Irrigation Commission, aims to reduce water losses and...

Fifty-one road rehabilitation projects are to commence this year to improve the island’s road network, at a cost of $4.8 billion. The work is to take place in all parishes, to include construction of retaining walls, the laying of new base and paving with asphaltic concrete, construction of sidewalks and road markings. One notable project is the widening of six...

The Government has allocated $30 million to the Portmore Hagen Climate Change Park project. This is contained in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to raise public awareness about issues surrounding climate change among residents in Portmore, St. Catherine and its environs. It is anticipated that this increased awareness will change how...