GOVERNMENT has been called on to utilise the former Louis Lynch Secondary School to provide emergency housing for fire victims.
The school at Whitepark Road, St Michael, was closed in 2005 over health and environmental concerns. It remains in a derelict state.
Parliamentary representative for St Michael West and Speaker of the House of Assembly, Michael Carrington, made the suggestion while addressing a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) branch meeting at his Westbury Road constituency office on Sunday.
“I’ve said that I feel the time has passed when there is some sort of emergency housing available for fire victims. I really don’t see why we can’t refurbish an old school building. Government has a number of buildings lying around. . . (GBM)
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