Work has commenced under the Government’s Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) Programme. REACH was initiated to repair widespread road damage caused during the passage of Hurricane Beryl, just south of Jamaica, on July 3. The Government allocated an initial $3 billion under the programme, which was focused on community roads. This allowed Members of Parliament (MPs) to select the...

Traffic changes are now in effect for the town of Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth. A one-way system was implemented in the town yesterday, Monday, December 16 and will continue until January 6, 2025. The one-way system will operate between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays it will revert to dual usage. As of yesterday, the section...

Work has commenced under the $1.5 billion annual end of year cleanup programme, being spearheaded by the National Works Agency (NWA) and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). NWA Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News that the activities include drain cleaning, bushing and patching by the agency, and the removal of bulky waste by the NSWMA....

Contracts are slated to be issued to contractors this week to commence critical emergency road repairs for which the Government has provided $2 billion. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the emergency road repair project, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan, said during Wednesday’s (December 11) post-Cabinet press...

A total of $170 million has been spent to improve the road network in the Manchester Central constituency over a four-year period. This was disclosed by Member of Parliament for the area, Rhoda Moy Crawford, during her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 10). Ms. Crawford informed that currently, focus...

Work is expected to begin this month on the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The Government, on Thursday (December 5) signed four contracts valued at $36.04 billion, with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to undertake works under the project. Work will commence in St. Andrew Western, which is represented by Member of Parliament, Anthony...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (December 5) declared the deteriorating road conditions a national emergency, while announcing a further $2 billion to be spent for patching, to reinstate roads to driveable conditions. “This will be done following the law as well, using emergency procurement rules. We expect that the work will begin immediately. There are...