MONTEGO BAY, St James — The way has now been paved for infrastructural upgrades to Bogue Industrial Estate in Montego Bay with Thursday’s signing of an $84-million contract between the St James Municipal Corporation and Odel Allen Construction.

Work will begin on July 2 and is expected to last six months, after which the land will be offered for sale to current occupants.

“Several years ago, we met with them [current occupants] and we presented to them the opportunity for us to work out, in an amicable way, the settlement of the properties. They put it to us, at the time, that we had to put the infrastructure in place before they signed any agreement moving forward,” Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon said during the contract signing.