Ground was broken on Wednesday (September 23) for Phase 4 of the Luana Gardens housing development in St. Elizabeth. The initiative is being spearheaded by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and represents an investment of $3.7 billion. The project will deliver 337 new housing solutions, consisting of 140 two-bedroom houses and 197 serviced residential lots. It will also feature...

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development will host a World Habitat Day Expo on Monday, October 5, to showcase Jamaica’s housing sector and provide members of the public with access to information and experts on housing matters. The one-day Expo will be held at The Summit in New Kingston, beginning with an opening ceremony at 9:00 a.m., followed...

Work is set to commence this month under the Main Roads component of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The Government has earmarked $25 billion to rehabilitate 37 priority roads under the Main Roads component of the Programme. SPARK is a $45-billion infrastructure programme to modernise more than 600 roads across the island and...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is inviting members of the public to volunteer for activities marking International Coastal Cleanup Day 2026, which is being observed under the theme ‘Sea the Change, Away is A Place’. Beaches Officer at NEPA, Ebonique Blair told JIS News that the theme, set by the Jamaica Environment Trust, calls on persons to rethink...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (September 11) broke ground for the Greater Bernard Lodge Housing Development in St. Catherine, which will deliver 700 housing solutions to Jamaicans. It is being developed on 90.38 acres of land under the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Developers Programme. Under this initiative, the NHT, in partnership with the Housing Agency...

A fatal accident at the Montego Bay Perimeter Road construction site has prompted an immediate review of safety procedures, with work largely suspended as the Government calls for stronger measures to safeguard workers on major infrastructure projects. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan, said the Government is...

The Montego Bay Bypass, which forms part of the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project in St. James, is approximately 90 per cent complete and remains on schedule for completion by the end of September. This comes as the Government moves to ease traffic congestion and improve the flow of vehicular movement across St. James and the wider western Jamaica region....