| KINGSTON, July 7 (JIS): |
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State Minister for Transport and Works, Dr. Fenton
Ferguson has said the Ministry would be networking with various interests
at and above the local level, to ensure that individuals who litter
gullies receive the full weight of the law. Making his contribution to the 2004/05 Sectoral Debate in the House yesterday (July 6), the State Minister said following the rehabilitation of gullies under the Government’s $134 million disaster mitigation programme, alliances would be formed with local authorities, citizen associations, parent/ teacher groups, service clubs, area leaders, police officers and the National Solid Waste Management Agency to “ensure that the littering of gullies are drastically reduced and even eliminated”. He noted that emphasis was being placed on completing the cleaning of the gullies on time and within budget. A total of $31.6 million will be spent to clean gullies in St. Catherine - Portmore Outfall ($8.2 million); Caymanas ($5.5 million); Hartlands ($6.7 million); Job Lane/Bushy Park ($4.5 million); and Big Pond ($6.8 million). Other gullies include Bamboo River ($14 million); Majestic Gardens ($4.4 million); Ten Miles ($6.8 million); Treasure Beach/Great Bay ($3.3 million); Jacks Gully/Flemming Gully ($14 million); McNeil Lands ($1.6 million); Ocho Rios ($1.1 million); Negro River ($1 million), and Broad Gate ($5 million). He also noted that $17.2 million would be spent to clean gullies in Baileys Vale/Harmony Hall, Aenon Town/Bog Hole, Balcarres, Johnston Road-Portland, Grange Hill, North Gully, Linstead, Junction-St. Elizabeth, Mico Gully, Moreland Drains and Falmouth. Dr. Ferguson said local authorities, through funding from the Parochial Revenue Fund, would spend the additional $34 million, and informed that discussions had already taken place between the Ministry of Transport and Works and the Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport. |
