A review of the functions of the National Works Agency (NWA) is being considered as the Government places greater focus on improving the national road network. “We are going to have to review the role and functions of the NWA and possibly create either an additional unit or expand the NWA, because the crisis that we face with roads now,...

Everest Drive, in the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, is the first of several roads on which work has commenced under the Government’s $45-billion Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Project. The road, which is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length, is located in the community of Bayshore Park, Harbour View. The scope of works...

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...