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BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Infrastructure funding not sustainable
Jersey Minister for Infrastructure, Constable Andy Jehan has told a scrutiny panel that the island is only investing half of what it should do into its minister said that this was not sustainable and his department would have to introduce charges for some Hilary Jeune, the head of the infrastructure scrutiny panel, said a lack of investment was leading to projects being minister made clear that he has continually been speaking to ministerial colleagues about the importance of investing in infrastructure. Constable Andy Jehan said: "I have continually been speaking at the council of ministers table about the importance of investing in our infrastructure - whether that's sewage, solid waste, roads, sporting facilities, education facilities. "We have to invest in our infrastructure."The minister added that the current levels of investment were not sufficient."We invest half of the recommended investment in our properties and that is not sustainable." 'Introduce charges' Speaking to the BBC after the scrutiny panel hearing, the minister said: "For many years we have underinvested in our portfolio, we find properties with significant work needed.""We only invest 50% of what we should do in our properties.""That means we end up with work that is delayed and it costs more money and we are working to rectify that.""There are many priorities like health and education but infrastructure is as important as those two other areas."The minister said his department would have to start charging for services. "We will have to introduce charges for liquid and solid waste. I don't know the exact detail but charges will have to be fair and consistent, I will bring a proposal on this to the states in the future." Delayed projects Deputy Hilary Jeune, the chair of the Environment, Infrastructure and Housing scrutiny panel said the lack of investment was leading to infrastructure project being delayed."A lot of projects are delayed, sometimes costs are out of their control because of global events but other times its related to decisions that are made by the government such as cutting consultancy fees down by a third but that also made significant delays to particular projects."Deputy Jeune added that sewage infrastructure was one area facing delays."It's really important that we have upgrades to our sewage network so we can have more affordable homes around the island."The ultimate goal is to have affordable homes but to do that we need a sewage network, so any delays on that is a concern."
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Calls for some Jersey politicians to get salary increase
Some Jersey politicians might be paid more that others, if the States agrees to Jonathan Renouf said he wanted to see the pay changed for the chief minister, assistant ministers and chairs of a scrutiny panel, as well as for chairs of some said it made more sense, considering the decisions they had to make in those earliest the States will debate the proposal will be on 3 June. He said: "The basic case for paying ministers more than non-ministers is so basic that you can't actually find much discussion of the issue."In simple terms, it comes down to one thing more than anything else: responsibility. Ministers take on decision-making responsibility that backbenchers do not."It is not about workload, because it is perfectly possible for a backbench member to work as hard as a minister."Every day, ministers take decisions about the safety and welfare of vulnerable people, they respond to emergency situations, they take decisions that affect the economy and therefore the quality of life of everyone on the Island."Renouf also highlighted a 2017 consultation in which members of the public were asked if States members should continue to get the same to the States, two out of three respondents indicated pay should vary depending upon the level of responsibility.
