Several priority initiatives aimed at boosting service delivery have been targeted for implementation under the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) 2019/20 operational plan. These include increasing ridership by improving bus schedule notices at major route points, terminals, and online; continued restructuring of subfranchise operations to reclaim high-density route corridors in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR); and introducing technology that...

Montego Bay Metro Limited’s (MBM) operations will be restructured this year in order to satisfy increasing commuter demand on routes in western Jamaica over the medium-term. As stated in the 2019/20 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the restructuring will facilitate better scheduling of the entity’s fleet and expansion of service to other satellite communities within the parishes of...

Jamaica Ultimate Tyre Company Limited (JU Tyre) is looking to introduce new products and services in order to improve its operations. As stated in the 2019/20 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the company intends to modernise and retool its plant to boost efficiency and productivity, and provide a reliable, competitive and cost-effective source of new and retreaded tyres,...

Approximately $1.36 billion is budgeted for capital works at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), during the current fiscal year. According to the 2019/20 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, this forms part of the AAJ’s execution of a 20-year capital development programme at the facility, which is slated...

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is financing five major projects from its 2019/20 capital budget of approximately $4.39 billion. These, according to the 2019/20 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, are the Port Royal Cruise Port; Logistics Development; Business Process Outsourcing (BPO); the Port Community Systems (PCS); and the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) Quay Wall, and Falmouth...

Motorcyclists will have to be properly trained and certified in order to operate on the nation’s roadways. The measure is a provision under the new Road Traffic Act, for which the regulations are being drafted. Executive Director of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Paula Fletcher, told JIS News that previously, only a learner’s permit was required for persons to...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract in the amount of J$62.987 million to Chin’s Construction Limited to undertake road rehabilitation and drainage improvement works along John Golding Road in St. Andrew. This is contained in a Ministry Paper on Cabinet agenda issues, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently. The document noted that heavy rains in...