Montego Bay, July 27, 2019 – Jamaica – Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, says that additional repairs will be done under the St. James Municipal Corporation’s sidewalk rehabilitation project.
“The
project is ongoing; work will soon commence on Barnett Street. We will be doing
some repairs going up to City Centre,” the Mayor said, while addressing a JIS
Think Tank held at the municipality’s offices in Montego Bay on Thursday (July
25).
“We
will also be looking at Orange Street and a number of other areas to ensure
that we get the sidewalks looking good, because when you go to other
destinations outside of Jamaica, they take pride in their sidewalks,” he added.
The St.
James Municipal Corporation’s sidewalk rehabilitation project is being
undertaken over a four-year period at a cost of $100 million. A sum of approximately $50 million has been
spent, to date, to improve sidewalks along Godfrey Dyer Boulevard, Jimmy Cliff
Boulevard, Westgate, Mount Salem and Lawrence Lane.
Mayor Davis
told JIS News that the initiative
includes realignment of some drains.
“For
example, Union Street… between St. James and Harbour Streets, all those drains
were open. We have covered them and made [the street] an area that people can
walk proudly,” he said.
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Caption: Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, addresses a Jamaica
Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held at the St. James Municipal
Corporation offices in Montego Bay on Thursday (July 25).
Contact: Serena Grant
Release: JIS
Photo: Avair Nembhard