WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has blamed sluggish government procurement procedures for stalling plans to develop a new, climate-resilient town centre for Black River in St Elizabeth. Holness, who was speaking at Wednesday’s reopening of the rehabilitated Black River Hospital, expressed frustration that the Government’s vision for a safer, modern urban centre remained bogged down in administrative procedures, despite the urgent need to relocate critical public infrastructure away from the vulnerable coastline.