Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says the new Island Traffic Authority and Transport Authority office to be built in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, will deliver high-quality service to Jamaicans. Giving this undertaking at the ground-breaking ceremony on July 5, Mr. Henry said the office will also ensure greater levels of accountability, transparency, efficiency and management for the public. He pointed...

A feasibility study is to be done for an air-conditioning energy efficiency system using seawater from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the Ministry of Transport and Mining, through the Airports Authority of Jamaica, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Deprofundis Ingenium SAS to undertake the study. Minister of Education, Youth and...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Ministry is committed to ensuring that the conditions under which persons traverse the nation’s roads are safe. Speaking at the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) Road Safety Month launch at the Washington Boulevard Texaco Station on June 7, the Minister said that it is important for the Government to create...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says certain areas to be covered in the amended Road Traffic Act will aid in the reduction of fatalities on the nation’s roads. These include establishment of the Island Traffic Authority and its functions, the road code, classification of vehicles; revocation of certificates of fitness; refusal of the learner’s permit...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says the rule of law must prevail in the operation of the public transportation system. “We have to be mindful that we cannot flout the law whenever it pleases us, or accommodate those who are operating illegally at the expense of those who are obeying the rules,” he said. Minister Henry was...

Cabinet has approved a contract in the amount of $649.28 million to Musson Jamaica Limited for the procurement of motor-vehicle licence plates for Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) for a period of two years. This is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives on June 6. The document notes that the TAJ is moving to a system...

The month of June is being observed as Road Safety Awareness Month under the theme ‘Road Safety For Life’. Activities during the month will focus heavily on the most vulnerable road users, such as children, the elderly, motorcyclists and pedestrians. Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare, told JIS News that statistics...