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canarymoon · 06-15-2006, 09:34 AM

From www.jamaica.com :

42.5m approved for Tourism in projects
published: Monday | June 12, 2006

MINISTER OF Tourism, Entertainment and Cul-ture, Aloun N'dombet Assamba, yesterday morning, said the board of the Tourism Enhance-ment Fund has approved an initial expenditure of $42.5 million to support four projects across the island....

Here are the major components of the plan:

$15 million to clean up sections of Montego Bay ahead of last Thursday's inaugural call by the world's largest sea vessel Freedom of the Seas.
$20 million towards the renovation of Devon House, which will play a key role in hosting the Caribbean Business Club during the 2007 staging of the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.
$3.5 million for landscaping and beautification works along Main Street in Ocho Rios.
$4 million towards the construction of a roundabout near Mineral Heights in Clarendon to facilitate traffic flow along the island's southern corridor.