Pagee Beach set for upgrade

The Priory Bathing and Fishing Beach in St Ann and the Pagee Beach in St Mary are among several public beaches targeted for enhancement in the upcoming financial year, which starts on April 1.

Governor General Patrick Allen, in delivering the Throne Speech to mark the opening of Parliament at Gordon House on Thursday, said that eight beaches are at various stages of the design and approval process.

The beaches are being upgraded under the National Beach

Development Programme.

"The provision of greater access to suitable public beach facilities to all Jamaicans remains a priority," he said.