Falmouth pier to provide over 2,000 jobs, says Henry
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Jamaica Observer
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - The development of a $7.5-billion pier in this historic town will provide temporary and permanent employment for just over 2,000 persons, according to Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry.
"Land-side facilities, which will flow from the development of the pier, will provide 500 permanent jobs when completed. But the actual implementation will see to the employment of some 1,500 to 1,700 persons," Henry at the official opening of a relocated fishing village in Falmouth.
The new $9-million fishing village, which includes two buildings, was prompted by an agreement between the Government through the Port Authority and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. That agreement signalled the development of a new pier to accommodate Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Genesis class ship which is capable of carrying 5,400 passengers and is now scheduled to dock here December 2010.
Several businesses which fall within the periphery of the proposed site of the pier development are marked for displacement. The fishing village is the first facility to be relocated to facilitate the development of the shipping pier.
