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National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting (left, foreground), and State Minister for Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (second right, foreground), cut the ribbon to symbolise the official opening of the newly refurbished Woodlawn Crescent road in Royal Flat, Manchester during a ceremony at that location on February 13. The road was repaired at a cost of $2.6 million under phase three of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). The corridor is one of two in the constituency which were repaired at an overall cost of $6.2 million under JEEP, the other being Bashie Road in Bellefield. Also participating in the formalities (from second left, foreground) are: Councillor, Royal Flat Division, Donovan Mitchell; Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsay; Councillor, Mandeville Division, Jones Oliphant; and Vice President, Spiritual Affairs, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Senior Pastor Michael Harvey.
National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting (left, foreground), and State Minister for Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (second right, foreground), cut the ribbon to symbolise the official opening of the newly refurbished Woodlawn Crescent road in Royal Flat, Manchester during a ceremony at that location on February 13. The road was repaired at a cost of $2.6 million under phase three of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). The corridor is one of two in the constituency which were repaired at an overall cost of $6.2 million under JEEP, the other being Bashie Road in Bellefield. Also participating in the formalities (from second left, foreground) are: Councillor, Royal Flat Division, Donovan Mitchell; Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsay; Councillor, Mandeville Division, Jones Oliphant; and Vice President, Spiritual Affairs, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Senior Pastor Michael Harvey.

$140 Million Allocated For Parish Council Road Repairs under JEEP Phase Four

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 16, 2015
The Government has allocated $140 million to Parish Councils islandwide to repair roads under phase four of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), currently underway. This was disclosed by State...
United Nations Habitat Coordinator in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Alicia Smith, said the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) will also address the social needs of residents. She was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Wednesday, January 21, at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Slum Upgrading Programme to Address Social Needs

By: Shari-Ann Palmer , January 23, 2015
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Mrs. Doreen Prendergast, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 21, about the launch of Phase Two of the UN Habitat’s Slum Upgrading Project.

Phase 2 of UN Habitat’s Slum Upgrading Project to be Launched

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, January 22, 2015

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