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Gov’t considering lowering infrastructure development standards
Friday, 17 July 2009
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the government is looking at lowering the standards set for infrastructure development.
He says in order to meet the housing and infrastructural development needs of the country, they will have to make some compromise.
The Prime Minister was addressing the 18th General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanisation in Latin America and the Caribbean Thursday.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the government is looking at lessening standards set for infrastructural development.
He says in order to meet the housing and infrastructural development needs of the country, they will have to make some compromise.
The Prime Minister, who was addressing the 18th gathering of minister and higher level authorities on housing and urbanization in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday he says reducing the standards will be in order to facilitate further development a decision he hopes he will not have to lament.
"We have taken a position that we are going to reduce some of the standards that we have insisted upon in terms of infrastructure development and a whole range of things again we have to look at this thing as an incremental effort so there is no point in insisting that before you can subdivide land and secure individual titles you must put in roads and sidewalks and curb walls. Before you have even finished that you would have excluded from that solution the cast majority of people who are in need,"
He was quick to note that while reducing the standards the government won't ever compromise on sanitation.
He adds however that while his government intends to fully address the problem of poor housing across the country it goes hand in hand with poverty.
He says tackling the housing problems requires tackling the poverty issues as one has to have money to be able to sustain a house.
He says however that tackling the issues has its limitations.
"I do believe that over the years we have built up a strong body of experience that were we not limited by resources we would have been able to do much more,"
In relation to the titling of lands, he says Jamaica has inherited from the colonial system a concept of land titling designed to be difficult.
He says obtaining a title ought to be a simple certificate of ownership instead of one having to invest so much in the particular parcel of land before titling is issued.
Mr. Golding adds that a variety of interventions will be introduced but they will have to be tailored to address the various needs.
Friday, 17 July 2009
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the government is looking at lowering the standards set for infrastructure development.
He says in order to meet the housing and infrastructural development needs of the country, they will have to make some compromise.
The Prime Minister was addressing the 18th General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanisation in Latin America and the Caribbean Thursday.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the government is looking at lessening standards set for infrastructural development.
He says in order to meet the housing and infrastructural development needs of the country, they will have to make some compromise.
The Prime Minister, who was addressing the 18th gathering of minister and higher level authorities on housing and urbanization in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday he says reducing the standards will be in order to facilitate further development a decision he hopes he will not have to lament.
"We have taken a position that we are going to reduce some of the standards that we have insisted upon in terms of infrastructure development and a whole range of things again we have to look at this thing as an incremental effort so there is no point in insisting that before you can subdivide land and secure individual titles you must put in roads and sidewalks and curb walls. Before you have even finished that you would have excluded from that solution the cast majority of people who are in need,"
He was quick to note that while reducing the standards the government won't ever compromise on sanitation.
He adds however that while his government intends to fully address the problem of poor housing across the country it goes hand in hand with poverty.
He says tackling the housing problems requires tackling the poverty issues as one has to have money to be able to sustain a house.
He says however that tackling the issues has its limitations.
"I do believe that over the years we have built up a strong body of experience that were we not limited by resources we would have been able to do much more,"
In relation to the titling of lands, he says Jamaica has inherited from the colonial system a concept of land titling designed to be difficult.
He says obtaining a title ought to be a simple certificate of ownership instead of one having to invest so much in the particular parcel of land before titling is issued.
Mr. Golding adds that a variety of interventions will be introduced but they will have to be tailored to address the various needs.
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