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The Government has allocated $2.5 billion for the purchase of buses this fiscal year, as it looks to improve the transport system in the Corporate Area. The amount is part of a $2.568 billion provision made in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Improvement of Public Transport Programme. The $2.5 billion allotment is...

Some $700 million has been allocated to the Maintenance of Roads and Structures project, being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will address work on National Road Services Improvement Programme (Non-NARSIP) areas and relates to the network of main roads...

A total of $34 million has been allocated for the Support for Decentralised Road Maintenance Programme within the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing.  As outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project addresses road maintenance and institutional capacity through the development of maintenance standards, and an evaluation system for tracking contractors’ performance....

The Government has set aside some $4.5 billion for activities under three critical projects being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. They are the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), for which some $1 billion has been allocated; Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP),...

A sum of $21 million has been set aside for the Bogue Road Rehabilitation Project in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This has been outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being financed by the Government of Jamaica and the OPEC Fund for International Development,  seeks to enhance...

The Jamaica Economical Housing Project has been given $1.35 billion in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to upgrade infrastructure (water, sewer and roads) in rural communities of St. Ann and St. Elizabeth; provide affordable housing solutions in St. Elizabeth; and to alleviate the deficit of housing solutions in St. Ann, by...

The Palisadoes Shoreline and Road Project has been allocated some $1.87 billion in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to protect the integrity and viability of the investments made by the Government and ensure that its citizens have reliable access; and to make the corridor less susceptible to flooding, while also protecting...

Activities under the Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme should be significantly enhanced this year through a $1.5 billion provision, set aside in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, aims to rehabilitate essential portions of the main road system and ensuring physical continuity of the...

All outstanding civil works under the Washington Boulevard Corridor Widening Programme will be completed this fiscal year, through allocation of $530 million. The provision, contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives, will also go towards completing  utilities relocation and facilitating payment for re-measured works and project accounts. Implemented in January 2008, through...

An allocation of $385 million has been set aside in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, in support of the Government’s efforts to improve the nation's roadways. The initiative falls under the Road Improvement Programme, which is being funded by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica. The project, which began...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, is reporting that Government’s effort to reduce the number of deaths on the roads has resulted in a 20 per cent drop in fatal accidents since the start of the year. “Our commitment to road safety is clear and unambiguous, and we are beginning to see the benefits, as through...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, is expected to make an announcement soon as to how the government intends to clear some $11 billion in debt owed by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Dr. Davies, who disclosed the extent of the debt on May 1, during the debate on a motion brought to the House...