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The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting a 74.4% increase in applications for Special Permits from heavy duty vehicle operators wishing to haul loads above the Road Traffic Regulations weight limits, since December, 2009, compared to the same period of 2008-2009. Director of the ITA, Paul Clemetson, attributed the increase to the heightened public education and enforcement activities of ITA,...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, on Friday (Feb.19) broke ground for the widening and reconstruction of the eastern end of the Washington Boulevard corridor in Kingston. The project, which is expected to last for 16 months, will involve 2. 75 kilometres of roadway from the Molynes Road intersection to the junction at Dunrobin Avenue and Constant Spring Road....

Approximately two months after rolling out its Vehicle Weight Enforcement Programme, the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is expressing satisfaction with the level of compliance. Speaking Thursday (February 18) at a JIS Think Tank, Director of the ITA, Paul Clemetson, singled out the Caribbean Cement Company as one entity that has given its full backing to the initiative. "Caribbean Cement has...

The government is to undertake a major multi-million dollar road improvement project, the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme, over the next five years, Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, has disclosed. Speaking at Thursday's (February 18) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Henry informed that the project, which will comprise two components, will cost some US$465 million. The...

The general motoring public is advised that there will be traffic changes at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies in Kingston on Tuesday, morning February 16 for the funeral service for Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford. Motorists must enter through the University Hospital and follow the directions of security officers. Motorists who will be attending the...

The Tax Administration wishes to again remind motorists, that a new security feature was added to the motor vehicle licence disc (sticker) several months ago. As a result no attempt should be made to remove the sticker, once affixed to the windscreen of your vehicle or the word "VOID" will appear. The sticker will be made invalid if the word...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has committed $34.4 million to undertake a major road rehabilitation project in the rural community of Maryland in St. Catherine. The project will involve repair of the 3.5-kilometre Maryland Road beginning at Jubilee Town, through Maryland and ending at John's Pen/Water Level. The entire cost of the works is $36 million and the Maryland...

Ground was broken on Friday (Jan. 22) for the rehabilitation of the 3.2 kilometres Greenfield Road in St. Elizabeth. The work will be carried out at a cost of $32 million, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing $27 million, and the remaining $5 million coming from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Addressing a brief ceremony held at the...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Michael Henry, says his Ministry will re-engage the development of the domestic air transport sector, as a critical part of the multi-modal transport policy it is seeking to implement. Mr. Henry pointed to the Boscobel Aerodrome in St. Mary, as a case in point which, he says, will soon be the third international port...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says his office had no knowledge that the National Workers Union (NWU) should have been a part of the delegation representing the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association (JALPA) which met with him earlier this week to discuss a proposal on the sale of Air Jamaica. Mr. Golding was responding to accusations from the NWU that...

The Government has made arrangements to airlift Jamaicans out of Haiti starting with two Air Jamaica special flights out of Port-au-Prince tomorrow (Jan 15). The first flight is scheduled to leave Port-au-Prince at 5:30am (Jan 15). The second Air Jamaica flight will leave at 12:00 noon tomorrow (Jan 15). Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who accompanied Prime...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has appointed a new 5-member board at Air Jamaica, consequent on the expiration of the term of the previous board. The new board will oversee the transitional arrangements and legacy issues surrounding the divestment of the airline, which is expected to be completed by the end of the week. The...