MONTEGO BAY, St James — The St James Municipal Corporation has received an interim insurance payment of $120 million as compensation for assets damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October.

Chairman of the corporation Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon says the money will be used to start the repairs on hurricane-ravaged facilities.

Addressing the regular monthly meeting of the corporation on Thursday, Vernon said, “We are at procurement [stage] with the Charles Gordon Market [and] we have started reconstruction of the shops in the Harbour Street Craft Market. We are also dealing with procurement for the infirmary.