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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...

Effective Monday, August 16, 2010, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be implementing major changes to the flow of traffic through the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine. Starting next Monday, only south bound vehicles (those heading towards Spanish Town) will be allowed through the Gorge, between the hours of 7:00 am and 9:00 am on weekdays. Between the hours...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be closing a section of the Junction main road, St. Mary, on Wednesday (August 11), a release from the NWA Tuesday (August 10) has stated. The roadway will be closed for two hours, between 12 noon and 2 p.m. in the community of Devon Pen, in order to facilitate the relaying of a damaged...

Plans are advanced for the start of work on the Rio Grande Bridge construction project in Portland within the next four months. The new structure will replace the rail bridge, which has been in use since 2005. The project will be funded jointly by the Governments of Jamaica and China under the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme. Communications Manager at...

The Ministry of Transport and Works and the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) officially welcomed the ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Limited's mega-vessel, ZIM Antwerp, on its third trip to Jamaica, on Thursday August 5. The vessel, one of the largest container ships globally, is docked at the Kingston Container Terminal's (KCT) Western Berth at Port Bustamante, which was built to...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says that, in addition to extending its regular bus service to 11 p.m. tomorrow (Friday August 6), it will be providing an express service for patrons attending the Grand Gala Independence Day event at the National Stadium the same evening. JUTC buses ready for Independence Day extended service. The event is scheduled to end...

The following roads will be closed to ensure the easy flow of traffic for the staging of the Independence Grand Gala 48th Anniversary celebration on Friday, August 6. Before the event the following roads will be operated as one-way:Arthur Wint Drive from Tom Redcam Drive to the National Stadium.Upper section of Arthur Wint Drive from Mountain View Avenue to access...

The Transport Authority is warning route taxi operators that there will be on let-up on the drive now underway to rid the system of illegal drivers and to ensure that licensed operators are abiding by the rules. General Manager for Operations at the Authority, Cecil Morgan, addressing a parish consultation last week at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester, said that...

The Emancipation "Road to Freedom" exhibition, depicting the journey of Africans through enslavement to full freedom, is now opened to the public at the St. James Parish Library in Montego Bay. Established and mounted by the St. James office of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), the exhibition was officially opened Thursday (July 29), at a ceremony attended by persons...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, today (July 29), signed a $19.9 million contract for the construction of two control towers at the Norman Manley and Sangster International Airports, as part of the Government's plan to expand Jamaica's aviation industry. The contract was signed at the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority's (JCAA) offices in Kingston, with Canadian contractor, Intelcan...

Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, says efforts are being made to boost security at the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) Rockfort depot in East Kingston, following the theft of fuel from buses parked at the facility on Monday (July 26). Speaking at Wednesday's (July 28) Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Henry said fuel was...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced that the country is set to record its highest ever visitor arrivals for the month of July. Mr. Golding said that despite the negative publicity from the State of Emergency, tourist arrival numbers for July are the best the country has ever seen for that month. He was speaking on his monthly...