Henry orders review of aquisition of Jamintel building for Transport Authority HQ

The Transport Minister Mike Henry has ordered the board of the Transport Authority to immediately review the purchase of the Jamintel Building in downtown Kingston to house the authority's head office.

Henry says the review is to determine, the rationale for the acquisition of the building; its suitability as the headquarters for the Transport Authority; and the cost and affordability of the purchase and proposed refurbishment of the building.

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The minister issued the instruction to the Transport Authority board following a tour of the Jamintel building.

In March, the Transport Authority bought the 60, 676 sq. ft. Jamintel building.

Nine months earlier, it had received the Cabinet's approval to spend $370 million to renovate the building which it bought from the Urban Development Corporation.