Port Maria market 85% complete
The long-awaited market in Port Maria, St Mary is to be opened soon as it is approximately 85 per cent complete, according to the chair of the parish’s Municipal Corporation Mayor Richard Creary.
“Painting is to be finished, stalls need to be put in place, parking spaces are also to be worked on, but the bathrooms are completed as we speak,” Creary told Jamaica Observer North & East last week, adding that only minor work is left to be done.
The two-storey market, which is said to be the first of its kind in the island, will accommodate vendors on the ground floor, while the first floor will have shop space for rent.
Work on the market began in July 2018 when Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie broke ground for the construction of the facility.
A total of $66 million has been budgeted for the “modern” facility, which formed part of a $400-million islandwide project by the Government to improve markets across the country in financial year 2018/19.