New Accommodation for Soldiers

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, April 9, 2014

The Key Point:

Government will spend $308 million this fiscal year to construct new accommodations, office and storage facilities in the Lathbury Barracks, at Up Park Camp.

Budget 2014/2015

New Accommodation for Soldiers — Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre); and Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), point out features on a display board showing photos and new drawings of the proposed redevelopment of the old Lathbury Barracks at Up Park Camp, while Commanding Officer, 1 Engineer Regiment (JDF), Lieutenant Colonel Martin Rickman, looks on. The Prime Minister on April 5 broke ground for the redevelopment of the barracks. (FILE)

The Facts

The project is being implemented by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), with funding from the National Housing Trust (NHT).
The project commenced in December 2012 and will run until March 2017.

The Full Story

Government will spend $308 million this fiscal year to construct new accommodations, office and storage facilities in the Lathbury Barracks, at Up Park Camp.

The sum is set out in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives.

The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), with funding from the National Housing Trust (NHT), through the Consolidated Fund, commenced in December 2012 and will run until March 2017.

So far, under the project, all building designs have been completed; construction has been approved by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC); and two buildings are currently under construction.

During the fiscal year, it is anticipated that the first three-storey building will be completed; while work on two other structures will commence.