Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (second right), commissions a water supply system during a ceremony in St. Mary Western. Joining him are (from left) Water Minister Matthew Samuda; Minister without Portfolio in the Minister for Land Titling and Settlements, Robert Montague; and Chairman of Rural Water Supply Limited, Omar Sweeney. (Yhomo Hutchinson/JIS)
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has directed the National Water Commission to immediately repair roads it digs up after pipeline works are completed.
This, amid a longstanding practice of leaving the roads unrepaired.
Dr Holness was speaking on Wednesday in Florida at the signing of a loan agreement between the government and the Caribbean Development Bank for the Rural Water Supply Programme.
The programme aims to strengthen water infrastructure, improve reliability and expand access to underserved communities.
It will see water access expanded to 42 thousand Jamaicans across some 7,200 households. The projects will be undertaken at a cost of JM$5.6 billion.
The communities set to benefit are the Agualta Vale and Jordan Run schemes in St Mary, the Mason Hall scheme in St Mary and the Albert Town to Ulster Spring scheme in Trelawny.
The others are the Union and Balaclava scheme in St Elizabeth, the Port Morant to Airy Castle scheme in St Thomas and the Green Park to Bamboo scheme in St Ann.
Prime Minister Holness says it’s very likely that the projects will be undertaken under the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA.
Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness.
