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Although the government has budgeted $169 million for the reconstruction of the Troy bridge in the next financial year, residents of the Trelawny community are wary after “so many false promises” since the original structure collapsed in August.
The Opposition is taking the Administration to task over the non-implementation of capital budget projects in relation to bridge development and construction as the entire $1.29 billion allotted in the 2023/24 budget to undertake these activities has been sent back to the Government’s coffers. It was revealed in the fourth supplementary estimates for 2023/24, tabled by Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke a week ago, that these monies had.