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Government to Purchase 33 Water Pumps

By: , June 23, 2024
Government to Purchase 33 Water Pumps
Photo: Mark Bell
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is updated on developments regarding the water pump infrastructure serving the community of Pimento Walk in St. Ann by Minister without in the Portfolio Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Environment, Climate Change, and the Blue and Green Economies, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left). The occasion was a tour of work being done in the community, on June 21. Accompanying them are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (right), and Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (second left, partially hidden).

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The government is to acquire 33 new water pumps, as part of plans to increase access to the commodity in communities across the island.

Prime Minister the Most Hon Andrew Holness made the announcement, during a tour of work being done in Pimento Walk in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on Friday (June 21).

“The government is looking at our pumps and we are trying to order [ them] in advance so 33 new pumps are on order to which will serve communities like this one,” Mr. Holness said.

“I believe it is $20 million for one of these pumps, so you can just imagine the budget that the government is putting forward to ensure that small, rural communities like these can have the basics, get their roads and their water,” he added.

The Prime Minister noted that the government is working on the water infrastructure in the community “by doing whatever rehabilitation and maintenance there is, but we are also making new investment in the water supply, and we are, as much as we can, repairing the road.”

Mr. Holness informed that Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with responsibility for Water, Environment, Climate Change, and the Blue and Green Economies, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda and Hon. Robert Morgan, who is responsible for Works in the Ministry, have been tasked to visit communities and look at road and water challenges that are being faced in those areas.

“[They are to] see how best, from the limited national budget, with so many other demands on it, to make sure that even the basics are available,” he emphasized.

The Prime Minister was visiting the Pimento Walk area to see the progress of ongoing road work in the community, which is being spearheaded by the National Works Agency (NWA).

The tour formed part of a working visit to several areas in St. Ann by the Prime Minister.

Last Updated: June 26, 2024