Residents, who have difficulty traversing the rugged mountainous terrain in East Portland, have been getting assistance with moving around through a ‘Steps to Rail’ project. Under the project, which was instituted by Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, several steps and rails have been constructed in areas which posed a great challenge to vulnerable groups such as the...

Deans of discipline will continue to carry out inspections at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in the new school year. The officers, under an arrangement with the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), carried out regular checks at the centre during the last school year, in order to reduce the number of students converging at the bus centre, which often results...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman, Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper, has re-affirmed the entity’s commitment to the seamless delivery of quality service to the commuting public. He also assured that the entity’s road safety record remains high, despite recent accidents involving its buses and drivers. “We want to assure the public that they are safe (when they travel) in a...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) commuters can now readily access information on the entity’s bus routes, schedules, and fares, by utilising its newly developed Google Transit technology application (app). Available through the Google Maps platform, the app can be accessed by smart phone, tablet, and computer. It will also enable the JUTC’s management and commuting public to track the location...

Education and Information Officer of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Cameal Stewart, is urging parents to pay keen attention to their children while on the road. “We want to encourage parents to be more cognizant of the road environment with their children. Do not leave them on the road to school. Walk with...

A contract, valued at $12 million, has been signed for the construction of a major bridge on Barbican Way, in St. Andrew, which links most of the communities in Barbican. The old structure, built several years ago, has become inadequate for traffic, and has been deemed unsafe for pedestrians by the National Works Agency (NWA). Under the work to be...

Students are being urged by the State-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to regularise their smarter cards in time for the new school year, which begins on September 7. “It is very important that students, from now until August 29, do everything in their power to fix their smarter cards. If they have lost or had their cards damaged, they...

Residents of Fourth Street in Trench Town are delighted to receive a new solar street light installed in the community, through the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. The solar-powered light panel was handed over to the community at a meeting along the roadway on Friday (Aug. 7). Nine Jamaica Public Service (JPS) street lights were also installed along...

The Transport, Works, and Housing Ministry is currently in the process of identifying nearly $130 million to repair sections of the Wharf Road and Lyssons main road in St. Thomas, which have been significantly damaged by the sea. The damage includes significant erosion and undermining of the roadways’ supporting infrastructure, inclusive of the base foundations and protective seawalls, along the...