PNP's promises vs deliveries

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PNP's promises vs deliveries
published: Sunday | November 5, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>



Today we continue our look at the 2002 manifesto of the People's National Party (PNP). Here we focus on some infrastructure programmes that should have created thousands of jobs for both skilled and unskilled workers this term, as well as <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">housing</SPAN> solutions for the poor.



PROMISES

Millennium Projects

Highway 2000, an important pathway to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">future </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">development</SPAN>, is expected to add significantly to GDP growth and provide some 54,000 jobs in the medium term and 120,000 in the long term.

Its accompanying developments will include:

Vernamfield Cargo Airport to create 14,000 new jobs.

Milk River <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Spa </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Resort</SPAN> Development

Construction of New Town in Clarendon

A Maroon <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">theme </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">park</SPAN> in the Cockpit Country.

DELIVERIES

Highway 2000 has now completed phase one of its construct