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Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), converses with General Manager, Operations, Transport Authority, Audley Carter. Occasion was a Transport Stakeholders Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Thursday (February 7).
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), converses with General Manager, Operations, Transport Authority, Audley Carter. Occasion was a Transport Stakeholders Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Thursday (February 7).

Suspension of PPV Licence for Persons with Multiple Outstanding Traffic Tickets

Starting February 18, the Transport Authority will be suspending the road licences of public passenger vehicle operators having 10 outstanding traffic tickets, or warrants. This, according to Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, who said redeeming these is a...
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 5). Listening are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and Minister without Portfolio in the Finance and the Public Service Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, delivers a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 5). Listening are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left); and Minister without Portfolio in the Finance and the Public Service Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams.

US Lifts Sanctions on Windalco Parent Company
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses members of Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) during a meeting on Thursday (January 31), at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston.
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, addresses members of Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) during a meeting on Thursday (January 31), at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston.

Gov’t Moving to Regularise Illegal Taxi Operators
Work in progress in the vicinity of the Six Miles Bridge to facilitate the diversion of eastbound traffic starting this weekend. This forms part of the US$64-million Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project, which involves road construction works comprising extensive soft soil treatment, construction of a 3.5 km six-lane corridor with a two-lane overpass bridge, two new three-lane bridges at Fresh River, a two-lane service road adjacent to the main roadway to facilitate the development of Caymanas Estate and upgrading of the Six Miles Interchange.
Work in progress in the vicinity of the Six Miles Bridge to facilitate the diversion of eastbound traffic starting this weekend. This forms part of the US$64-million Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project, which involves road construction works comprising extensive soft soil treatment, construction of a 3.5 km six-lane corridor with a two-lane overpass bridge, two new three-lane bridges at Fresh River, a two-lane service road adjacent to the main roadway to facilitate the development of Caymanas Estate and upgrading of the Six Miles Interchange.

PHOTOS: Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), receives the 2019 Road Safety Road Star and Developmental Training Plan from General Secretary/Chair of the Road Safety Committee for the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), Dian Dennis, during a meeting with members of TODSS on Thursday (January 31), at the Ministry, in Kingston.
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), receives the 2019 Road Safety Road Star and Developmental Training Plan from General Secretary/Chair of the Road Safety Committee for the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), Dian Dennis, during a meeting with members of TODSS on Thursday (January 31), at the Ministry, in Kingston.

Registry for Taxi Operators

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Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (second right), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson (fourth right), officially open the New Market Road in St. Elizabeth on Wednesday (January 30). Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: Councillor for the Lacovia Division of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, George Powell; Councillor of the New Market Division, Richard Solomon, and students of the Happy Grove and Beersheba Primary Schools in the parish.
Transport

Newmarket Road in St. Elizabeth Opened

The Newmarket Road in St. Elizabeth, which will reduce travel time between that parish and Montego Bay by at least one hour, was officially opened on Wednesday (Jan. 30) by Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague. Speaking at a ceremony in Newmarket Square, Mr. Montague urged the residents to maintain the road, noting that it is in their interest...
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(FILE)Communication and Customer Services Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw.
Transport

Work on Passagefort Drive-Dyke Road Intersection 80% Complete

Work on the intersection of Passagefort Drive and the Dyke Road in Portmore, St. Catherine, is now 80 per cent complete. This was disclosed by Manager, Communication and Customer Services, at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, during an interview with JIS News. “The main structure has been completed. We are now putting on the wing walls and once...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), addresses a handover ceremony for five breathalysers to the Road safety Unit, at his offices in St. Andrew, on January 29. At left is General Manager, Carib Cement Company Limited, Peter Donkersloot. The company donated the devices.
Transport

Road Safety Unit Gets Portable Breathalysers

The operational capability of the Road Safety Unit has been further boosted with the addition of five portable breathalysers, valued at US$2,500. The devices were donated to the Unit by Carib Cement Company Limited as part of their corporate social responsibility programme. A portable breathalyser is a wireless, handheld device that monitors a user’s breath alcohol content. Speaking at the...
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Transport

Early Motor Vehicle Examination 2019

The Transport Authority is commencing motor vehicle examinations for the renewal of all Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) road licences which expire on March 31, 2019, today (January 25, 2019). This is in order to facilitate the timely submission of road licence applications to finalize the renewal process. The early commencement of motor vehicle examination is part of the Authority’s thrust...
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Transport

Flag Weather Warning System to be Implemented

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) plans to institute a flag weather warning system with accompanying signs at seaport departure points, to provide vessels with alerts on storm and wind conditions. This was disclosed at a town hall meeting for small passenger vessel operators held at Fort Charles, Port Royal, on January 17. The sensitisation meeting was held in the...
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Transport

New US$189M Jamalco Power Plant on Track for Completion by February 2020

Managing Director of JAMALCO, Austin Mooney, says construction of the bauxite/alumina company’s US$189 million gas-fired cogeneration power plant by New Fortress Energy, is on track for completion by February 2020. Speaking during a tour of JAMALCO’s mines and refinery operations in Halse Hall, Clarendon on January 10, Mr. Mooney disclosed that construction of the offshore gas pipeline has been completed,...
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Transport

Traffic to be Shifted to Westbound Carriageway, Mandela Highway Saturday Morning

The National Works Agency (NWA) is set to switch traffic travelling along the Mandela Highway towards Spanish Town to the newly constructed westbound carriageway. The change will be effected tomorrow morning (Saturday, January 12) at 6:00 a.m. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw explains that the shifting of the westbound traffic is to create work space...
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