Get on the bus: PM Andrew Holness says his Government’s fiscal management has facilitated the purchase of new JUTC buses
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Some of the new buses commissioned into the fleet of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company. (Photo: OUR TODAY)
The JUTC received a fleet of 100 new CNG buses with the Minister of Transport Daryl Vaz promising a further 100 later this year.
At the handing-over ceremony at the JUTC depot in Portmore last week, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that in the past, Jamaica suffered from an insufficient public transport system.
From left: Transport Minister Daryl Vaz, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke and JUTC CEO Paul Abrahams. (Photo: OUR TODAY)
He said this was the case as administrations failed to commit to long-term financing of a capital budget to acquire critical public assets to supply the services citizens needed.
He went on to add that his government’s prudent fiscal management had allowed for the purchase of these new buses and more to come without debt.
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