Westmoreland residents to benefit from $445- million water project
APPROXIMATELY 9,000 residents of communities in Western Westmoreland are to benefit from improved access to potable water under the Nonpareil Water Supply Mains Replacement and Upgrading Project.
The project, which is slated to cost $445 million, will be undertaken over 18 months from May 2013 to November 2014.
The beneficiary communities include: Nonpariel, Sheffield, Negril Spots, Hopewell, Retirement, Orange Hill, Little London, Mount Airy, Good Hope, Revival, Little Bay, Retreat, Brighton and Whitehall.
The project will involve the replacement of the existing transmission and distribution mains from Sheffield to Little London; Sheffield to the Nonpareil Relift Station; Negril Lighthouse to Orange Hill; Mount Airy to Good Hope and Whitehall; and from the Mount Airy Tank to Orange Hill.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Hon Robert Pickersgill on Friday, April 26, signed a contract for the Negril Lighthouse to Orange Hill component of the project, at his offices in New Kingston.
Two additional pipeline contracts, as well as contracts for pump stations and reservoirs, are left to be signed.