Port Authority to spend $15b on development in 2018
MINISTER WITHOUT portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr Horace Chang, says the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is committed to investing some $15 billion in development programmes for 2018.
In delivering the main address to local stakeholders at a function at the Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier, where he gave an update on the infrastructural work being undertaken by the PAJ throughout the town of Falmouth, Chang said the agency has also been a reliable partner in carrying out the Government’s mandate to create job opportunities for Jamaicans.
“The PAJ is probably, at this point, our leading development agency,” Chang declared.
“The agency continues to demonstrate the ability to get things done. It is one of the few agencies we can call on and set targets and can rest assured that they will get things done.”
Chang noted that the PAJ is about to complete 63,000 square feet of space in Montego Bay which will generate some 2,000 jobs, while at the same time is in the process of doing some work in Portmore, which should create a further 6,000 jobs by the end of the year.
“In addition to that, there is development in all the cruise ports,” he added. “Montego Bay is being transformed into maybe the best multifunction port in the Caribbean. I was there this morning touring the port and looking at the waterfront, and also at what needs to be done.”