Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a $25 billion project which is designed to provide relief to sections of western Jamaica which are facing chronic water supply challenges.
The project is dubbed the ‘Western Jamaica Water Resilience’ programme. It will see the upgrade, installation and replacement of major pipelines in Western Jamaica.
The pipelines will be installed from the Martha Brae Water Treatment Plant in Trelawny to Terminal Reservoir in St James.
A pipeline will be installed from the Great River Water Treatment Plant in St James to Negril in Westmoreland.
Prime Minister Holness says his government understands the problems and is moving to respond to a situation that has affected the quality of life of the people in Western Jamaica.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
