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Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, says that the new completion date for the $1.3 billion Bogue Road project will be October 30. The project has been hampered by 'unforeseen' challenges, which has plunged it into cost overruns as well as delays, resulting in three missed completion deadlines. Addressing members of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Michael Henry, broke ground for a US65 million project, aimed at rehabilitating the Palisadoes coastline and improving the roadway which connects Port Royal to Kingston, on Friday (August 20). The Palisadoes Shoreline Rehabilitation and Protection Project is being undertaken by the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), through a loan from the China Eximbank, and...

New traffic arrangements will come into effect along the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 in St. Catherine, on August 27, in a bid to ease congestion during the morning and evening peak hours. Operations and Maintenance Manager at Jamaica Infrastructure Operator Limited (JIO), Desmond Levy, explained that it is proposed to open the three Kingston-bound lanes on weekday mornings, between...

Technical Manager of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC), Desmond Martin, says Phase I of corrective works being effected on the eastbound carriageway of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000, in St. Catherine, is on target for completion by August 31. The works, which commenced in May, are being undertaken by Highway 2000 developers, French firm, Bouygues,...

With the start of the new academic year less than three weeks away, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is encouraging commuters, especially students, to use the Smart Card to make their travel easier. In an interview with JIS News, Corporate Communications Manager at the JUTC, Mr. Reginald Allen, says that the card provides a safe way of paying fares...

Senior Land Tenure Specialist with the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), Lisa Campbell, has said that the land titling initiative is helping persons to own their homes. Miss Campbell, who was addressing the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Mandeville at the Golf View Hotel on Tuesday (August 17), said that the programme, geared to fast tracking the...

It is expected that 6,700 jobs will be created for Jamaicans, with the $36 billion (US$400 million) islandwide road repair project, which is being implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA). The work, which will begin later this year and completed in the course of five years, will be carried out under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP). This was...

The Bog Walk Bridge in St. Catherine, which connects the town with Linstead, was officially re-opened on Thursday (August 18) after being closed in 2008 by the National Works Agency (NWA) due to its deterioration. The new bridge, costing over US$2.5 million, was built under the R.A. Murray International Limited/Jamaica Bridge Development Programme. It was completed earlier this year and...

Work on reconstruction of a permanent bridge across the Dry (Hope) River, Harbour View, in eastern St. Andrew, will start this month, following Wednesday's (August 18) groundbreaking ceremony. The previous bridge, destroyed during Tropical Storm Gustav in August 2008, was the most viable access between Kingston and the eastern parishes, including St. Thomas and Portland. Since then, the National Works...

With little more than two weeks remaining before schools re-open for the new academic year, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it is even more equipped to deal with the increased usage than it has been in recent years. "In comparison to last year, things are quite better, as we have more buses. Apart from greater numbers, the reliability...

Users of the Harbour Road in Rockfort, Kingston, will soon benefit from improved road conditions. An $18.4 million contract for the rehabilitation of the roadway was signed on August 13 at the Leila Tomlinson Basic School in the community. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is providing $13.2 million in funding for the project, through a grant from the European...

Inspector at the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Clive McDonald, has said that the ITA is seeing increasing levels of compliance among truck and trailer drivers, since the company launched a campaign in December to clamp down on overladen trucks on the nation's roads. "We started out with a compliance rate of 46 per cent (in December) and in May the...