Work on Falmouth Police Station resumes

FALMOUTH, Trelawny:

NINE YEARS after ground was broken and five years after construction started and was suspended, completion of the new police station in Falmouth is in sight, as work has resumed.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding had revealed in March that the station would be completed in the next fiscal year.

Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Dr Patrick Harris, said the Urban Development Corporation is managing the project and members of the Jamaica Defence Force are carrying out the work.

The new figure for the completion stands at $270 million and includes construction works, contingency, technical services and unforeseen events.

The project was suspended in June 2007 after differences with the then contractor. Ground was broken for the station in October 2001 by former Minister of National Security K.D. Knight. The building is being constructed adjacent to the Trelawny Parish Library and the old police station on Rodney Street.

The building is prefabricated and will be similar to the St James police divisional headquarters on Alice Eldemire Drive in Montego Bay, St James. The new structure will accommodate 100 police personnel.

- Richard Morais