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Transport Authority Warns of Risks Linked with Illegal Public Passenger Vehicles

The Transport Authority (TA) is warning of possible risks which commuters could encounter if they travel in illegal public passenger vehicles, and urge persons to only use units that have been specifically licensed for this purpose, in order to ensure...
Communications and Customer Services Manager at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams, who is urging the public to be aware of the identifying marks on public passenger vehicles in order to protect themselves.
Communications and Customer Services Manager at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams, who is urging the public to be aware of the identifying marks on public passenger vehicles in order to protect themselves.

Be Aware of Marks on Public Passenger Vehicles – Transport Authority
Director of Transport Policy (Land, Air and Maritime) in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Valrie Simpson was named first runner-up for the Civil Servant of the Year Award in 2013.
Director of Transport Policy (Land, Air and Maritime) in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Valrie Simpson was named first runner-up for the Civil Servant of the Year Award in 2013.

Valrie Simpson – Three Decades of Dedication
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Managing Director, Colin Campbell (centre), addressing journalists at a media briefing at the entity’s corporate offices, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Monday (April 7) during which he provided details pertaining to investigations into several incidents in which JUTC buses were attacked and damaged by unscrupulous persons. Flanking him are JUTC Deputy Managing Director, Kirk Finnikin (left); and Manager, Franchise and Revenue Protection, retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Radcliffe Lewis.
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Managing Director, Colin Campbell (centre), addressing journalists at a media briefing at the entity’s corporate offices, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Monday (April 7) during which he provided details pertaining to investigations into several incidents in which JUTC buses were attacked and damaged by unscrupulous persons. Flanking him are JUTC Deputy Managing Director, Kirk Finnikin (left); and Manager, Franchise and Revenue Protection, retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Radcliffe Lewis.

Police Seek Mastermind in JUTC Attacks
Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (right), addresses journalists during a press briefing held at the JUTC’s Twickenham Park headquarters offices, on April 1. Also pictured is: Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell.
Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (right), addresses journalists during a press briefing held at the JUTC’s Twickenham Park headquarters offices, on April 1. Also pictured is: Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell.

Sub-Franchise Reforms to Bring in $5 Million Daily – JUTC MD

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Budget 2014/2015Transport

Rural Road Rehabilitation to Continue

Some 57 kilometres (km) of road network is to be rehabilitated under the Road Rehabilitation Project II. To this end, the Government has allocated $33 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which will go before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament tomorrow. The project aims to contribute to the country’s development by improving 57km of road network to support...
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Budget 2014/2015Transport

Rural Road Project Gets $494 Million

The Government is to spend $494 million on its Rural Road Rehabilitation Project II for the 2014/2015 fiscal year. This is contained in the Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The money will go towards rehabilitating 22.6 kilometres (km) of road structure in areas, such as Sour Sop Turn to Danks in Clarendon...
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Budget 2014/2015ParliamentTransport

$883 Million to Protect Physical Infrastructure

For the 2014/15 fiscal year, the government aims to rehabilitate, restore and protect critical sections of the physical infrastructure in Jamaica and reduce the vulnerability and difficulties, which have arisen for the entire Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). To this end, $883.4 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure for the Tropical Storm Nicole-KMA Drainage Project. The project...
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Budget 2014/2015ParliamentTransport

$2.4 Billion Allocated for North Jamaica Development Project

Northern Jamaica Development Project has been allocated $2.4 billion in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The projects seeks to develop infrastructure along Jamaica’s North Coast; improve vehicular and pedestrian safety; reduce overall transportation costs and alleviate congestion along the corridor, by eliminating standing water on driving surfaces; and improve...
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Budget 2014/2015ParliamentTransport

$689 Million to Rehabilitate Main Roads

A project to rehabilitate essential portions of the main road system has been allocated $689.7 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure. The Estimates of Expenditure is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The initiative entitled, the Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, is aimed at ensuring physical continuity of the primary road network by minimizing the impact of...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), displays for the new sub-franchise stickers and identification cards that franchisees will be required to display on their buses under the reformed system. Also pictured is: Deputy Managing Director in charge of Engineering and Technical Services, John Campbell. The occasion was a press briefing held at the JUTC’s Twickenham Park, St. Catherine offices on April 1.
Transport

Special Police Team to Help Enforce New JUTC Regulations

A special transit police team will be set up within weeks to help enforce regulations in the transportation sector, as the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) rolls out its newly reformed sub-franchise system. The team will consist of officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who will assist the Transport Authority and the JUTC in enforcing policies governing the sector....
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