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Jamaica's environmental laws and building regulations must be strictly enforced, and those who breach or ignore them must be sanctioned.
The practice has been for developers to ignore the approval process and begin construction. When their malfeasance is discovered, stop orders are issued, which are usually ignored. They apologise profusely and apply for regularisation, which is usually readily granted without sanction or penalty. The illegally constructed buildings are not demolished. This is an incentive for lawbreaking. Certainly, the previous Government is guilty of promoting environmental lawbreaking, and they have Jamaican blood on their hands. Let us see of what stuff the present government is made.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/c...tage-investors
The practice has been for developers to ignore the approval process and begin construction. When their malfeasance is discovered, stop orders are issued, which are usually ignored. They apologise profusely and apply for regularisation, which is usually readily granted without sanction or penalty. The illegally constructed buildings are not demolished. This is an incentive for lawbreaking. Certainly, the previous Government is guilty of promoting environmental lawbreaking, and they have Jamaican blood on their hands. Let us see of what stuff the present government is made.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/c...tage-investors