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Multi-million project meeting in Flankers Sunday
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer West reporter
Thursday, January 24, 2008
MONTEGO BAY, St James
Minister of Water and Housing, Dr Horace Chang, Mayor Charles Sinclair as well as police and other government representatives are expected to be in attendance in Flankers this Sunday for a mass meeting to educate the community on the upcoming Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) multi-million dollar community improvement project.
Flankers was last year selected as one of 15 inner-city communities across the island to benefit from a US$29-million World Bank loan secured by JSIF for inner-city renewal.
Community liaison officer for the project, Paulette Dixon, said the expanded programme will cover road construction in the Red Dirt and Hog City areas of the community and road rehabilitation in other areas; there will also be construction of a multi purpose skills training centre, removal of zinc fences, the widening and paving of footpaths in the area and the rehabilitation of the drainage system.
The problem-plagued community, which sits alongside the North Coast Highway in the resort city directly opposite the Sangster International Airport, has seen a huge increase in violence during the latter part of last year, due to an ongoing gang feud in the area.
It was one of only two communities selected outside the corporate area and St Catherine to benefit under the Inner-city basic Services project. The other communities Whitfield Town, Federal Gardens, Jones Town and Passmore Gardens (Dunkirk) in Kingston and St Andrew; Central Village, Tawes Pen, Lauriston, Bog Walk in St Catherine; and Bucknor Rectory in Clarendon
This loan, which was approved in June, was also supplemented by a US$650,000 grant from the Japanese government for preparatory work for the project
The five-year project has as its primary objective the reduction of crime and violence, rehabilitation and construction of sanitation, drainage and water supply facilities, solid waste collection and sewage disposal.
Rehabilitation of recreational areas and public spaces, improvement in pedestrian and non-motorised transport as well as improvement in street lighting will also form part of the work to be undertaken in these communities.
Multi-million project meeting in Flankers Sunday
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer West reporter
Thursday, January 24, 2008
MONTEGO BAY, St James
Minister of Water and Housing, Dr Horace Chang, Mayor Charles Sinclair as well as police and other government representatives are expected to be in attendance in Flankers this Sunday for a mass meeting to educate the community on the upcoming Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) multi-million dollar community improvement project.
Flankers was last year selected as one of 15 inner-city communities across the island to benefit from a US$29-million World Bank loan secured by JSIF for inner-city renewal.
Community liaison officer for the project, Paulette Dixon, said the expanded programme will cover road construction in the Red Dirt and Hog City areas of the community and road rehabilitation in other areas; there will also be construction of a multi purpose skills training centre, removal of zinc fences, the widening and paving of footpaths in the area and the rehabilitation of the drainage system.
The problem-plagued community, which sits alongside the North Coast Highway in the resort city directly opposite the Sangster International Airport, has seen a huge increase in violence during the latter part of last year, due to an ongoing gang feud in the area.
It was one of only two communities selected outside the corporate area and St Catherine to benefit under the Inner-city basic Services project. The other communities Whitfield Town, Federal Gardens, Jones Town and Passmore Gardens (Dunkirk) in Kingston and St Andrew; Central Village, Tawes Pen, Lauriston, Bog Walk in St Catherine; and Bucknor Rectory in Clarendon
This loan, which was approved in June, was also supplemented by a US$650,000 grant from the Japanese government for preparatory work for the project
The five-year project has as its primary objective the reduction of crime and violence, rehabilitation and construction of sanitation, drainage and water supply facilities, solid waste collection and sewage disposal.
Rehabilitation of recreational areas and public spaces, improvement in pedestrian and non-motorised transport as well as improvement in street lighting will also form part of the work to be undertaken in these communities.
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