NEW ST. THOMAS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BUILDING PROJECTED FOR COMPLETION IN SIX MONTHS
MORANT BAY, March 4 (JIS):
The new St. Thomas Municipal Corporation building, being constructed at the Morant Bay Urban Centre, is projected to be completed within six months.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, provided the update during a tour of the facility on Wednesday (February 26).
“We are looking at a possible six months to fully conclude and occupy this building. There are still some minor works to be done. [But] those works would not impede the progress that we expect to make in making this facility ready before the end of this year,” he indicated.
Mr. McKenzie commended the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) for the “excellent job” in bringing the new building to its present, while advising that more than 140 employees from the Municipal Corporation are expected to be relocated to the facility when completed.
Consequently, the various services provided by the Corporation will be available at one location.
“I know that the people of St. Thomas, especially the Councillors, are eagerly awaiting the use of this facility. We are at a point now where the necessary costings [for the rest of the project] have been completed, and once we have submitted those costings, then we would now start to look at the source of funding, which will definitely be provided,” Mr. McKenzie said.
He assured citizens, “By the end of this year, you will have your spanking new municipal building that will be responsible to deliver service to the people of St. Thomas.
“We still have a couple hurdles to cross. But those hurdles are much easier than the ones we were crossing many years ago,” the Minister said.
Mr. McKenzie was accompanied on the tour by a Ministry team, Councillors and staff at the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation as well as representatives of the FCJ, led by Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley.
CONTACT: MICKELLA ANDERSON-GORDON
JIS REGIONAL OFFICE
MORANT BAY
