Some of the creative ways the $1 for every $1000 will be spent 1. 494 million to commence road construction works in Clarendon 273 million to undertake maintenance of the North Coast Highway and upgrade of Traffic signals 2. Infrastructure 8 billion to be spent on infrastructure development 4 billion for Major Infrastructural Development Projects MIDP. 1.7 billion for Jamaica Economical Housing Projects. 688.7 million drainage rehabilitation works on the Sandy Gully and the KMT drainage project 689.73 for the Transportation Infrastructure Project for road construction in Westmoreland, Hanover, St. Thomas and St. Catherine 3. Justice 345 million justice system improvement 127 million to repair and maintain courthouses. 4. National Security 1.34 billion to improve the mobility and facilities of the JDF 631.2 million for telecommunications equipment and Palm and Fingerprint Identification System 500 million to repair and improve police station and support recruitment 5. Education 727 million for additional classrooms Over $1 billion for improved sanitation in schools 6. 22.563 billion reserve for social programnes. 5.5 billion is for programmes carried out by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. ...thus reflects an increase of 900m $ to facilitate the 15% increase in PATH payment. 4.3 billion for school Feeding Programme up from 3.9 billion. 7. 161 billion dollars has been provided to meet wages and salaries of public sector workers 4 billion to pay the final tranche of 7% wage settlement due in May 2.8 billion 2nd year of the one off payment due in August 2.3 billion 2nd phase of the health Sector reclassification 8. 557.7 billion will be spent on central government operation s: 233 billion or 42% will go towards debt servicing 324 billion or 58% will go towards wages and salaries, capital projects and recurrent programmes.
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