A comprehensive drainage study for Greater Montego Bay is being undertaken alongside ongoing infrastructure works with a view to limiting, or eliminating, the kind of flooding that overwhelmed the community of Catherine Hall during Hurricane Melissa last October.

This was stated by minister with responsibility for Works Robert Morgan on Wednesday during his contribution to the sectoral debate in the House of Representatives.

Scores of homes were filled with mud and debris brought down by the Montego River and one major business, MegaMart, which was inundated by flood waters, has since closed its Catherine Hall store.