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Acting General Manager, Human Resources Management and Administration at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams, is reminding public passenger vehicle (PPV) owners and operators that the vehicles must be examined before March 31.
Acting General Manager, Human Resources Management and Administration at the Transport Authority, Petra-Kene Williams, is reminding public passenger vehicle (PPV) owners and operators that the vehicles must be examined before March 31.

PPVs Must be Examined Before March 31

The Transport Authority is reminding public passenger vehicle (PPV) owners and operators that all vehicles must be examined ahead of the road licence expiration date of March 31.              Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Acting General Manager of...
Director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Ludlow Powell, says the entity will be clamping down on illegal lights on vehicles during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Ludlow Powell, says the entity will be clamping down on illegal lights on vehicles during a recent JIS Think Tank.

Traffic Authority Clamping Down on Illegal Lights
Commanding Officer of the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on February 27. He gave an update on the implementation of policy guidelines recently issued by the Government regarding tint on public passenger vehicles.
Commanding Officer of the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on February 27. He gave an update on the implementation of policy guidelines recently issued by the Government regarding tint on public passenger vehicles.

Majority of PPV Operators Compliant with Tint Removal
Motorists travel on the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine, which is being widened from four to six lanes. The US$64-million project is funded through the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).
Motorists travel on the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine, which is being widened from four to six lanes. The US$64-million project is funded through the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP).

Expanded Mandela Highway to Ease Travelling Time
Chairman of the Board of Management at the Montego Bay Metro bus company, Robin Russell.
Chairman of the Board of Management at the Montego Bay Metro bus company, Robin Russell.

Montego Bay Metro – The Way to Travel in the West

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Some of the 27 new buses that were handed over to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) in 2016, during a ceremony at its corporate office in Twickenham Park, Spanish Town.
Budget 2017/2018Transport

$1.3 Billion to Buy Spare Parts for JUTC

The Government has allocated $1.3 billion towards the acquisition of spare parts and special tools for the maintenance of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet of buses. The sum is provided for in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. To be implemented by the Ministry of Transport and Mining with funding provided through the...
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Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (2nd right), accepts a signed copy of the Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement from Acting General Manager of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Greg Richardson (left). Looking on are Jamaica’s Consul General to the Southern United States, Fanz Hall (right), and President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick.|
Transport

AAJ Signs Sister Airport Agreement with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has signed a Sister Airport Cooperation Agreement with the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), airports in Jamaica and Hartsfield Jackson International will exchange ideas and information pertaining to cargo, passenger and traffic development. The agreement includes capacity building in aviation through training and talent development, as well as...
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Transport Authority Western Regional Manager, Ralston Smith (4th right), symbolically opens the door to the agency’s new office at Dunbar Mall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on February 9, signalling the start of operations in that location. Among those sharing in the occasion are: Transport Authority Acting General Manager of Human Resource and Administration, Petra-Kene Williams (4th left); and General Manager of Operations, Colonel Audley Carter (5th left), as well as other staff and parish stakeholders
Transport

Transport Authority Opens Branch in Westmoreland

The Transport Authority (TA) now has an office in the parish of Westmoreland. The agency had a soft opening of the facility, situated at Dunbar Plaza in Savanna-la-Mar from where it has started serving public passenger and commercial vehicle operators since February 9. Western Regional Manager, Ralston Smith, told JIS News that the new office forms part of the TA’s...
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Transport

Road from Harbour View to Port Antonio to be Widened

The roadway from Harbour View in Kingston to Port Antonio in Portland will be widened and improved this year, under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement programme. This was announced by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering his 2017-18 Throne Speech in Parliament on February 9. The Governor-General noted that the project, which is being undertaken...
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A reconditioned passenger train embarks on the journey from May Pen to Linstead on April 16, 2011. (FILE)
Budget 2017/2018Transport

Rehabilitation of National Railway Network

The Government will be moving forward with plans to rehabilitate the national railway network as part of efforts to improve and diversify the country’s transport sector. This was announced by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, as he delivered the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament for the 2017-18 legislative year at Gordon House today...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, displays a document for the development of the Vernamfield aerotropolis during a meeting with members of the diplomatic corps at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (February 8).
Transport

Transport Sector Provides Opportunities for Investment – Minister Henry

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says Jamaica’s transport sector provides significant opportunities for investment. “We are open and ready to do business with those who are looking for investments that can become game changing. The Vernamfield aerotropolis (airport) concept is one such opportunity waiting to be grasped,” he said. Minister Henry, who was addressing a meeting with...
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Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (left), greets Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) students who attended Friday’s (February 3) ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new Island Traffic Authority (ITA) office in May Pen, Clarendon.
Transport

New ITA Administrative Office in May Pen

The Island Traffic Authority’s (ITA) administrative office in May Pen, Clarendon, is to be reconstructed as part of work to upgrade the motor examination depot, at a cost of $15 million. The project is being implemented by the Transport and Mining Ministry through the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), and will see the new facility replacing the existing structure on Trenton...
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