More upgrading for Trelawny

Richard Morais, Freelance Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE 'LIFT Up Jamaica Programme' in North Trelawny will begin its second phase shortly and will run for six weeks on an approximate $20 million budget, says Member of Parliament Wendell Stewart.

The major phase two project is the building of sanitary conveniences in the southern section of the capital town, Falmouth, which has a fairly large population.

The conveniences, said Mr. Stewart, are to be constructed to specific standards to prevent contamination of the area's underground water.

The MP noted that in other projects, basics schools would be constructed in the communities of Granville, Friendship, and Spicy Hill while work will also be done on the Falmouth and Duncans cemeteries.

The project is expected to employ over 200 persons at a minimum individual salaries of $2,500 per week.

Lift Up Jamaica is a $2.5 billion programme formulated last year by the Government to provide short term jobs for Jamaica's young and unemployed, but it has the dual objective of giving a facelift to community infrastructure. Its implementation phase is July 1999 to December 2000. Some $6 million has been spent on the first phase works in North Trelawny.

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