The Government is anticipating that substantial works will be completed by March 2023 on the first two tranches of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Programme (SCHIP), totalling approximately $11.5 billion. The Government’s flagship road project, the SCHIP, is being executed in three parts: Part A – May Pen to Williamsfield – 28 kilometres (km); Part B (ii) – Harbour View...

During the last fiscal year, the Government spent approximately $5.3 billion on road maintenance and repairs. Speaking in the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 11, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, said another $637 million was expended on flood mitigation works. He pointed out that these...

The 4.8-kilometre stretch of road from Broadgate to Agualta Vale (Junction Road) in St. Mary is practically complete. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, during his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 11. “Many will recall that the project, which...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says a multi-agency discussion will take place regarding road rehabilitation and other infrastructural works in several scheme communities, in St. Catherine North Central. “We are going to bring in the National Works Agency (NWA), because the Ministry [in collaboration] with the Municipal Corporation, on its own, would not be able...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that effective today, May 6, 2022, road users traversing the section of the Kent Avenue, between the Ironshore main road and the Whitehouse community, in St. James, will be diverted onto a newly created alignment. The roadway has been realigned to facilitate the expansion of the Sangster’s International Airport runway. Community Relations Officer...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is providing four buses to assist students in Portland, particularly those attending Happy Grove High School, who are experiencing challenges as a result of the work under way on the Portland to St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, told JIS News that a decision...

The pilot student-passenger rail-service project was successfully implemented this January to provide safe and cost-effective transportation to students from Old Harbour and Linstead to Spanish Town. Six schools participated in the programme, where the trains carried more than 66 per cent of their capacity, transporting a combined total of 16,683 students on two round trips per day during the pilot....