The National Works Agency (NWA) is projecting to spend $4.7 billion this fiscal year (2021/22) to undertake recurrent activities, which is a marginal increase over last year’s budget of $4.5 billion. These activities include emergency repairs to roads, river-training activities, the cleaning of gullies, islandwide disaster mitigation, bridge development and construction, the maintenance of secondary roads as well as traffic...

The Government is moving to finalise the Policy for the Sustainable Management of Government-Owned Residential Properties. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, while making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5. He said that finalisation of the policy is...

The proposed development of the New Negril Area over the next 20 years is expected to result in the creation of additional resort rooms, attracting more than 1.6 million tourists per year, with the potential to generate annual revenues of over US$218.8 million. It is also expected to create 31,552 direct jobs and a similar amount indirectly over the medium...

The Lengthman Programme is slated to come on stream in the coming months, to assist with the maintenance of roadways across the island. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5. He noted...

The Government has instructed the National Works Agency (NWA) to develop on a concept for more efficient access into and out of Portmore, using the Mandela Highway. This will see a project being done in two phases and will include a 1.7-kilometre-long two-lane ramp from the Mandela Highway to Municipal Boulevard, inclusive of a new 120 metre-long bridge across the...

Work continues apace on the redevelopment and expansion of the Garmex Freezone with three of four factory buildings under phase one to be delivered in short order. The fourth building is expected to be completed by the end of July 2021. In May 2020, ground was broken for the first of two phases for the project, being undertaken by the...

The Government will be undertaking several road infrastructure projects aimed at improving vehicular movement and pedestrian safety on the nation’s roads. To this end, work is set to begin this year on the Braeton Road to Hellshire Main Road and Grange Lane, in St. Catherine, and East King’s House Road, Arthur Wint Drive and the Washington Boulevard Bridge, in Kingston....