Kingston Waterfront Improvement Project - SOP 1

The development objective of Kingston Waterfront Improvement Project for Jamaica is to develop high-quality designs to improve the Kingston Waterfront, expand economic development opportunities, and enhance the institutional capacity to enable future private sector-led redevelopment. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Designs for a green, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, will finance the design of a linear, multi-use park along Downtown Kingston’s waterfront, stretching along Ocean Boulevard from Port Royal Street to the East abutting the recently completed Boardwalk and the Kingston Pen Gully to the West. 2) The second component, Urban upgrading and economic development in Downtown Kingston, has the following sub-components: (i) Designs for basic urban infrastructure upgrading; (ii) Fostering economic development; and (iii) Community outreach, activation, and inclusion. 3) The third component, Enhance the institutional capacity to enable future private sector-led redevelopment, will finance technical assistance (TA) to relevant government agencies to attract private investors for developing blighted and underutilized sites within and adjacent to the waterfront. 4) The fourth component, Project management, will support the administrative management of KiWI SOP 1 by JSIF and implementing partners. 5) The fifth component, Contingent Emergency Response, will allow for rapid reallocation of uncommitted project funds towards urgent needs in the event of a disaster (geophysical, climate-related, or man-made), or public health emergency.