Opposition demands justice for homeowners affected by Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project

The Opposition Spokesperson on Housing and Sustainable Living, Professor Floyd Morris, is calling for Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to intervene and engage with the homeowners in Montego West Village in St James who are in the pathway of the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project.

Morris says there are 16 homeowners who are likely to lose their homes or see significant encroachment on their properties.

“The homeowners received communication from the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, which falls under the responsibility of the Prime Minister, indicating that their properties are likely to be affected. These individuals have subsequently seen surveys done that will result in substantial reductions of the size of their properties that were built by Gore Development Ltd and paid for by mortgages from the National Housing Trust. The loss of value that these homeowners will suffer is significant,” says Morris.

However, he charges that while the homeowners have been making strenuous efforts to seek justice, Holness who is the minister with direct responsibility for this situation, has not seen it fit to respond to their plight.

" This is a reprehensible and unacceptable failure on his part," Morris asserts, adding that "The people of Montego West Village deserve justice and fairness in this matter."

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