A driving simulator, valued at $5.4 million, has been installed at the Swallowfield Examination Depot in St. Andrew. The equipment, acquired by the Transport Authority (TA), and was officially handed over to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) on Tuesday (Dec.7), will aid in developing the competence of learner drivers, thereby enhancing safety on the roadways. Driving simulators can contribute to...

Motorists are urged to abide by the Road Traffic Act beyond curfew hours, says Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague. “I want to make that appeal, because during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are experiencing another pandemic of death on our roads. So far, some 428 Jamaicans have died on our roads since the start of the year and,...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, on Wednesday (December 1), officially commissioned into service the Orchid Road in Quarry, St. James, which was rehabilitated by Carib Cement Company Limited (CCCL) at a cost of $40 million. The month-and-one-half-long project was undertaken through collaboration with community stakeholders and included redoing the formerly asphalted road with concrete and...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise taxpayers that it is currently unable to collect payments for Traffic Ticket fines at a Tax Office or via the Tax Authority’s online system. This unavoidable challenge is as a result of the finalized list of traffic offence codes not yet being provided to the Revenue Authority to effect changes to its systems, to enable collection of the fines...

A US$274.5-million contract was signed on Wednesday (November 24) for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project, which will see construction of a 14.9-kilometere bypass of the city. This is expected to create a safe and reliable alternative route for motorists travelling that direction. It will also assist in reducing traffic congestion within the city. Scope of work includes the construction...

The Ministry of Transport and Mining, through the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), is partnering with small farmers across the country to boost cultivation of the castor oil plant to produce biodiesel for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, who made the disclosure, said that the Ministry will be moving to secure some 5,000 acres...

Fixed penalties for offences under the Road Traffic Act are to be updated following the approval of this change to the legislation in both Houses of Parliament on Friday (November 5). The Road Traffic (Amendment, Validation and Indemnity) Bill, 2021 was passed without amendments during a marathon special sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Minister of Transport...