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Commuters boarding a JUTC bus which plies the Spanish Town to Half-Way Tree route.
Commuters boarding a JUTC bus which plies the Spanish Town to Half-Way Tree route.

JUTC Urges Students to Regularise Smarter Cards for New School Year

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,...
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies (left) interacts with President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Mrs. Kelly Tomblin and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right) at a handing over ceremony for a solar-powered street light on Fourth Street in Trench Town, St. Andrew on August 7.
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies (left) interacts with President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Mrs. Kelly Tomblin and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right) at a handing over ceremony for a solar-powered street light on Fourth Street in Trench Town, St. Andrew on August 7.

Street Lights Installed In Trench Town
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left), cuts the ribbon to launch the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Kingston City Tours, at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, on Saturday, August 1. Looking on (from second left) are: Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; Managing Director of the JUTC, Mr. Colin Campbell and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left), cuts the ribbon to launch the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Kingston City Tours, at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, on Saturday, August 1. Looking on (from second left) are: Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; Managing Director of the JUTC, Mr. Colin Campbell and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke.

Companies Urged to Sponsor Children on Kingston City Tours
New Buses acquired by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) in May 2015 that will be used in Kingston City Tour Service to be launched by the JUTC on August 1.
New Buses acquired by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) in May 2015 that will be used in Kingston City Tour Service to be launched by the JUTC on August 1.

JUTC To Launch Kingston City Tour Tomorrow
State Minister for Transport ,Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), makes a point to Director for Major Projects, National Works Agency (NWA), O’Reilly Henry (right), about the cable crash barriers that are being installed by the NWA along the Palisadoes Road in Kingston. Occasion was a tour of the $10 million pilot project on July 28. Looking on is Director, Mona Geo-Informatics Institute (MGI), University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee.
State Minister for Transport ,Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), makes a point to Director for Major Projects, National Works Agency (NWA), O’Reilly Henry (right), about the cable crash barriers that are being installed by the NWA along the Palisadoes Road in Kingston. Occasion was a tour of the $10 million pilot project on July 28. Looking on is Director, Mona Geo-Informatics Institute (MGI), University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee.

NWA Installing Cable Crash Barriers Along Palisadoes Road

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Transport Ministry Working to Identify Funding to Undertake Repairs to Roadway

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...
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JUTC Provides Service to Denbigh Show

Patrons from Kingston and St. Andrew and parts of St. Catherine who will be attending  this year’s Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, in May Pen, Clarendon, will have an opportunity to travel in style and comfort. The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will again offer its park and ride services from Half-Way Tree, Portmore and Spanish Town. The cost...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (left), and Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, walking on the newly constructed Tryall pedestrian bridge, during a tour of the area on July 23. State Minister Azan along with Members of Parliament in St. Mary and officers from the National Works Agency (NWA), visited several road rehabilitation projects in the parish.
Transport

Roadway in Hamilton Mountain, St. Mary, to be Repaired Soon

The Government is assuring residents of Hamilton Mountain in St. Mary, that work will get underway within two weeks to repair a damaged roadway in the community. State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, said the technical assessment of the project has resulted in a delay of the project, but the contract has been...
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Project Manager at the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), Carolyn Gardener, says roads, bridges, drains and gullies across the island have been rehabilitated under the programme.
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JEEP Providing Employment While Improving Critical Infrastructure

The Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) has been fulfilling its mandate of providing employment for Jamaicans while improving the infrastructure and social amenities of the country. Project Manager at JEEP, Carolyn Gardner, said the programme, implemented in March 2012, has undertaken the rehabilitation of roadways, bridges, drains and gullies across the island, and upgrading of several community facilities and sanitary...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the refurbished Lover’s Lane road in Adelphi, East Central St. James, on July 17. To the State Minister’s left are Member of Parliament for East Central St. James, Mr. Edmund Bartlett and Project Manager at the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), Carolyn Gardener.
Transport

JEEP Road Projects Completed In St. James

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, toured several infrastructural projects in East Central St. James on July 17, which  were completed  under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). The four rehabilitated roadways are Lover’s Lane, Dollar Mango, Timber Close and Green Park. They were repaired at a cost of $12 million. Speaking at a ceremony in...
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North South Highway 70% Complete

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is reporting that the North South Highway Project is over 70 per cent complete, heading into its 2016 first quarter opening. Managing Director of NROCC, Ivan Anderson, who led a recent tour of the roadway to provide an update on the progress of construction, informs JIS News that paving work has started...
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JUTC Could Earn $4 Million Daily from Summer Promotion

The state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says that it is likely to earn $4 million daily from its new summer promotion, which began on July 5. Speaking with JIS News, Marketing and Communications Manager at the JUTC, Clinton Clarke, said that they are hoping to have an additional 40,000 riders per day. “This is what we have projected. If...
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