Madam Speaker, the TEF is partnering with the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to improve the infrastructure (road, water, sewage) for tourism workers currently residing in the informal settlement of Grange Pen, St. James… The project is currently in the construction phase and is approximately 67% completed… Madam Speaker, this transformational project will be completed in the 2022/23 Financial Year.

Begin the $1 billion upgrade to the Hip Strip, located along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in the resort city of Montego Bay.

During this fiscal year, we will: Develop 14 other beaches across the island as part of the TEF National Beach Development Programme. This project aims to enhance public access beaches to ensure that these recreation spaces are available for use by all citizens. These include: Rio Nuevo, St. Mary Alligator Pond, St. Elizabeth Rocky Point Beach, St. Thomas Guts River, Manchester. These beaches will all receive at a minimum, where applicable, changing and restroom facilities, perimeter fencing, parking, gazebos, bandstands, children’s play areas, seating, lighting.

Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Projects for the upcoming fiscal year include: Design consultations will also begin for the beautification of the corridor from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Projects for the upcoming fiscal year include: A $20 million improvement project to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the Mammee Bay roundabout. The space is a major focal point, and this enhancement project will positively impact the visitor experience.

Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Projects for the upcoming fiscal year include: The construction of a $40 million football field and spectator stands. This will be the final stage in developing a sporting complex for the community of Content, St. James.

The travel insurance component of the Jamaica Cares programme, which provides end-to-end travel protection and emergency services to visitors coming into the island, should come on stream during the 2022/2023 fiscal year.

The remaining eight thousand two hundred (8,200) tablets, will be distributed during the first quarter of the 2022/2023 financial year.

Petroleum Finally, for Petroleum we will move to: complete outstanding recommendations from the Zacca Report; implement the Industrial Baseline Study completed in the fiscal year 2021/2022 for oil and gas; and re-establish the Petroleum Training and Education Trust Fund.

Petroleum Finally, for Petroleum we will move to: complete outstanding recommendations from the Zacca Report; implement the Industrial Baseline Study completed in the fiscal year 2021/2022 for oil and gas; and re-establish the Petroleum Training and Education Trust Fund.

Petroleum Finally, for Petroleum we will move to: complete outstanding recommendations from the Zacca Report; implement the Industrial Baseline Study completed in the fiscal year 2021/2022 for oil and gas; and re-establish the Petroleum Training and Education Trust Fund.

Retrofitting of Government facilities inclusive of Health, Education and Public Agency (HEPA) facilities This component includes the retrofitting of eighty (80) government facilities with renewable energy and energy efficient interventions. Madam Speaker, the eighty (80) government facilities will be completed over the course of the next two years, at a value of US$30M.

The science, technology and innovation (ST&I) Policy was tabled in this House as a White Paper on February 10, 2022 and the implementation of the activities is now in train. The mapping of the ST&I Ecosystem is the first set of activities associated with the Policy.