Njengengxenye yemizamo yokunciphisa ukulahlwa kukadoti komasipala eziqhingini zonkana, iSikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Izokuvakasha (TEF) sisebenzise u-$35 wezigidi ukufaka uphawu nokufaka imigqomo yokulahla udoti eyi-1000 ye-Spruce Up. Lolu hlelo luyingxenye yomkhankaso woMnyango Wezokuvakasha othi “Spruce Up” ofuna ukuhlinzeka ngendawo ehlanzekile nekhangayo ukuze kwandiswe ukukhanga kwezivakashi namabhizinisi ezindaweni zokungcebeleka zase-Jamaica.
Ekhuluma ekunikezelweni okusemthethweni kwemigqomo yokulahla udoti izolo endaweni yefulegi edolobheni, eKingston, uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uphinde wagcizelela isidingo sokuvikela indawo esihlala kuyo, “Ukubeka udoti nemfucumfucu endaweni kunomthelela ekuvikelekeni kwezempilo kwemiphakathi yethu nezindawo futhi kusibeka sonke engcupheni yezifo ngenxa yezimo ezingahlanzekile,
Thina kwezokuvakasha singababheki bezokuphepha kwezempilo futhi esivumela indawo evumela ukuphila futhi sigcine abantu abaningi benempilo njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwethu kukonke endaweni ephephile, evikelekile futhi engenazihibe.”
I-Kingston kanye ne-St. Andrew Municipal Corporation ithole imigqomo kadoti engama-97 kanti imigqomo esele isifakwe ezindaweni eziningi kuso sonke isiqhingi.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi, “Ukuthuthukiswa kwelokishi lethu kumayelana nabantu bakithi kuqala futhi uma silithola kahle futhi lihlanzekile futhi lifanele abantu bethu baseJamaica lizobe lihlanzekile futhi lifanele izivakashi ezifikayo.
"Ngakho uKingston kumele alungise futhi lezi zindleko zizosiza ekwakheni amakhono okuhlanzeka emiphakathini."
UMqondisi Omkhulu we-TEF, uDkt. Carey Wallace uthe, “Sikhetha uKingston ukuthi anikeze imigqomo ngokusemthethweni ngoba sifuna wonke umuntu azi ukuthi lesi sifunda sithatha njengento ebalulekile njengendawo yokuvakasha.
“Siyaziqhenya futhi ngokwenza lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kodwa siyaziqhenya ngokubambisana esikusungule ezinhlelweni eziningi esizenzile futhi okukhonjiswayo ngeKingston kanye neSt. Andrew Municipal Corporation.”
IMeya yaseKingston, uSenator Wakhe Wokukhulekela kanye noKhansela u-Delroy Williams usishayele ihlombe lesi sinyathelo futhi wabonga i-TEF kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha ngomzamo wabo wokuthuthukisa ubuhle be-Kingston ne-St. Andrew.
Ukuphepha kwemvelo kanye nokuhlobisa kuyingxenye ebalulekile yomkhiqizo womkhakha wezokuvakasha. Ngakho-ke, ingxenye yegunya loMnyango Wezokuvakasha ukwenza indawo oya kuyo iqiniseke futhi lokho ukwenza ngokubambisana nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo ezivikela ingqalasizinda yezwe.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, ngokusebenzisa i-Spruce Up Jamaica, waqala uhlelo lwe-Tourism Resort Maintenance Programme ($340,000,000.00) ne-National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) ukuze kuqaliswe Uhlelo Lokugcinwa Kwezindawo Zokuvakasha. Uhlelo luzogxila ekugcineni izindawo zokungcebeleka ezifana neNegril, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Falmouth, Ocho Rios, Treasure Beach kanye neKingston zihlanzekile futhi zihlanzekile ukuze zihlangabezane namazinga omhlaba.
