... Flooding from high tide will also be addressed

MAYOR OF Falmouth Colin Gager said the Trelawny Municipal Corporation has been working with the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) in establishing drains on either side of Market Street to help deal with the problem of flooding from high tide. The PAJ has also been working on establishing four crosswalks on Market Street, which were initially slated for completion in October of 2016. However, to date, only two have been completed. The crosswalks for George’s and Market streets reportedly ran into problems with National Water Commission pipes, but according to PAJ official Mark Hylton, the matter has now been sorted out and the third crosswalk is scheduled to be completed shortly. “As soon as that is finished, we will move on to the fourth one, which is to be at the Trelawny and Market Street intersection,” noted Hylton.

RESIDENTS UPSET

The delay in having the crosswalks operational has not gone down well with at least two prominent residents – Reverend Devere Nugent and businessman Richard Shirley.

“Anybody coming into Falmouth will have difficulty finding the church,” said Nugent, pastor at the William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church.

Shirley, who operates a pharmacy on Market Street, said he was quite annoyed by the situation, which was having a negative impact on his business.

“I am losing business because of the difficulty clients face in accessing the pharmacy,” stated Shirley.

“There is no way the PAJ can be paying a contractor to take a year to finish a job, which was slated to be completed in six weeks, but is having an everlasting overrun.”