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Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts
Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts

Minor Delays for Jackson Town to Ulster Spring Roadway

Effective tomorrow, Saturday, October 7, 2023, the National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that motorists may experience delays as they traverse the Jackson Town to Ulster Spring roadway in Southern Trelawny. These delays may be experienced over the next two...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is in conversation with Councillor of the Treadways Division, Sydney Rose, during a tour of the Jericho Pipeline Project in St. Catherine on September 28. The project, which is part of a 0.8-kilometre road transformation, costing just over $125 million, delivers two million additional gallons of water daily to communities in Linstead, St. Catherine, and features a 16-inch main pipeline. The project began in July 2023 and is to be completed in December 2023.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is in conversation with Councillor of the Treadways Division, Sydney Rose, during a tour of the Jericho Pipeline Project in St. Catherine on September 28. The project, which is part of a 0.8-kilometre road transformation, costing just over $125 million, delivers two million additional gallons of water daily to communities in Linstead, St. Catherine, and features a 16-inch main pipeline. The project began in July 2023 and is to be completed in December 2023.

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Tours Jericho Pipeline Project
Road closed sign.
Road closed sign.

Road Closure Notice for the Withorn to Darliston Main Road in Westmoreland
Deputy Prime Minister and Miniter of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets officers attached to the temporarily relocated Bull Bay Police Station on Gems Crescent in St. Andrew, while touring the facility on Friday (September 15). From left are Woman Constable Victorine Foster Dyer and Woman Corporal Janice Rookwood.
Deputy Prime Minister and Miniter of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets officers attached to the temporarily relocated Bull Bay Police Station on Gems Crescent in St. Andrew, while touring the facility on Friday (September 15). From left are Woman Constable Victorine Foster Dyer and Woman Corporal Janice Rookwood.

Minister Chang Satisfied with Facilities at Temporarily Relocated Bull Bay Police Station
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and his wife, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, are flanked by several Ministers of Government, representatives of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), agency representatives and other interests during the official opening of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. The highway was opened on Thursday (September 14).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and his wife, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, are flanked by several Ministers of Government, representatives of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), agency representatives and other interests during the official opening of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. The highway was opened on Thursday (September 14).

Prime Minister Holness Opens May Pen to Williamsfield Leg of Southern Coastal Highway

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The main road linking Palmers Cross to May Pen, through the community of Paisley, Clarendon is closed.
Works / Construction

NWA Closes Paisley Road, May Pen, Clarendon

Effective immediately the main road linking Palmers Cross to May Pen, through the community of Paisley, Clarendon is closed. The corridor has been closed by the National Works Agency (NWA), due to a failure in the approach road to the bridge at Paisley. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that the corridor had been reduced...
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Section of Newly rehabilitated Chovey Road Corridor
Works / Construction

Chovey Slope Stabilization Substantially Complete

The multimillion-dollar slope protection works at Chovey, St. Mary has been practically completed. The Chovey road is part of the Junction corridor that links Kingston to the North-coast, via Southern St. Mary. Manager, Communication and Customer Services, Stephen Shaw, says that with the exception of a toe wall, which is to be constructed adjacent to the roadway, works are complete....
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), discuss the condition of a damaged section of the Maldon roadway in St. James with (from left) Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Southern St. James, Hon. Homer Davis; Councillor of the Maroon Town Division in St. James, Everes Coke; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Dwight Wilson; and Deputy Superintendent of Road and Works at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Saad Campbell. Occasion was a tour of parochial roads in Maroon Town, Flagstaff and Maldon in the parish on August 30.
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Several Roads in Maroon Town Division to be Repaired

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is assuring residents of the Maroon Town Division in St. James, that the roads in the area will be rehabilitated. The Minister was speaking with journalists following a tour of the Maldon, Flagstaff and Maroon Town parochial roadways in Southern St. James on August 30. While not giving a definitive...
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Works / Construction

Special Provisions for New School Year on SCHIP

As the beginning of the 2023/24 school year approaches, the National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that special provisions will be made to ensure ease of travel on sections of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Starting Monday, September 4, persons utilizing the Harbour View to Yallahs leg of SCHIP will be guaranteed a minimum of two paved, free-flowing...
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