A SUITABLE location for a new police station in Port Maria, St Mary, has been found and construction is to begin pending the completion of the property acquisition process and finalisation of the structure’s design.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares
Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang on Wednesday confirmed that a 30-acre property located in Port Maria, just below lands occupied by the St Mary infirmary and health centre, has been earmarked for major development, including the construction of a new police station.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares Venezuela
Chang, who visited the designated site for the construction of a new state-of-the-art police station in Port Maria, was accompanied by Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson, Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary, and Central St Mary Member of Parliament Dr Morais Guy. Chang said that the land identified is ideal and that additional development will take place after the police station is completed
According to Chang, funding is already in place to build the police station, which he said will be treated as priority given the many challenges facing the police at the existing station location that is oftentimes inundated during heavy rainfall. The presence of raw sewage is another issue confronting cops at the current location
“The development fits into our concept of [developing] municipal services centres across the island,” Chang commented
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