UDC says work advancing on Red Rose Fish Market
THE Urban Development Corporation (UDC) says work is advancing on the Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston.
The work on the fish market, which is at the intersection of Rose Lane and Heywood Street, includes the construction of a framed structure, vendor stall area and fish storage compartments along with fencing repairs, which the UDC said will improve the facilities from which the fish vendors operate in the area.
As project manager, UDC is implementing the $43-million project through the PetroCaribe fund.
UDC said in a release yesterday that works are being carried out by NF Barnes Construction Company and that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation is a major partner in the project, as the owners and operators of the facility.
According to the UDC release, vendors are looking forward to using the new facilities.
“I will be very comfortable in the new building as this will mean increased shelter from the rain and it will also uplift the community,” fish vendor Veronis Chin is quoted as saying.
Red Rose Fish Market project is running parallel to the Jubilee Market construction, which is also funded by a PetroCaribe grant, UDC said.
The upgrade of the market district is said to be one facet of the downtown Kingston and Port Royal Redevelopment Plan 2030, which the UDC said continues to make progress.
“Digicel, for example, partnered with the UDC and the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation on the reconstruction and upgrade of stalls in Coronation market,” the release said. “The UDC also increased the parking capacity around the market district with the addition of the Pechon Street Car Park.”
