The National Works Agency (NWA) is looking to claim on the insurance of a motorist to fund repairs to the Barnett Bridge in Montego Bay. The move is in keeping with a mandate from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, for the agency to intensify its efforts to file claims on the insurance policies of drivers of vehicles, who...

More than $100 million will be spent to rehabilitate six kilometres of roadway from Mountainside to Watchwell, in St. Elizabeth. Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, told JIS News that the roadway being targeted connects four constituencies and will ensure that activities in the tourism and other sectors in St. Elizabeth are boosted. The Minister toured the Mountainside...

Wheelchair users and pedestrians will soon find it safer and easier to traverse the Golding Avenue roadway in Papine. Repairs are underway on the 700 metre-long stretch under the Government’s $10.4 million sidewalk rehabilitation project. The work, which falls under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), is expected to be completed by next week. State Minister for Transport, Works and...

Users of the Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay, will soon see major improvement to the dual carriageway, as the Government, with funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), is to embark on major rehabilitative work along sections of the roadway, beginning April 10. The National Works Agency (NWA), will be carrying out the repair works at a cost of $14 million to sections...

Residents of communities served by the main road between Sour Sop Turn and Chapelton in Clarendon are to benefit from improvement to that corridor, as the Transport, Works and Housing Ministry is to undertake rehabilitation works at a cost of over $1.2 billion. The 18-month project (Phase One), which commenced in September 2014, includes: alignment, realignment, widening, and paving of...

Jamaican motorists are being encouraged to regularly service their vehicles as part of efforts to ensure optimum performance and safety on the nation’s roads. Director, Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Ludlow Powell, says regular servicing of vehicles is crucial as operating a defective vehicle can cause accidents, endangering the life of the driver as well as other road users. “Take it...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is moving to recover from motorists, money that is being expended to replace guardrails and other road furniture that are damaged during road crashes. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Audrey Sewell, told journalists at a media briefing at the Royalton White Sands Resorts in Trelawny on Wednesday (March 18) that the National Works...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is moving to recover from motorists, money that is being expended to replace guardrails and other road furniture that are damaged during road crashes. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Audrey Sewell, told journalists at a media briefing at the Royalton White Sands Resorts in Trelawny on Wednesday (March 18) that the National Works...

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, said a number of measures are to be implemented to reduce road crashes. He said the measures, which include installing more speed signs, increasing police presence on the streets, and undertaking micro-surfacing of roads, were decided on during a meeting held with stakeholders. Mr. Azan was speaking at a press...