Five roads in Westmoreland, being repaired by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of $180 million, are at varying stages of completion. These are being done under the agency’s Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme, being rolled out islandwide. Regional Community Relations Officer at the NWA Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that work has been completed on...

Effective immediately, the Woodsville Bridge that abuts the Cascade main road in Eastern Hanover is closed. The bridge has been closed by the National Works Agency (NWA) due to a severely eroded abutment. Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Western Region, Janel Ricketts, says that the abutment to the bridge has been compromised, and the structure is now unsafe to...

The Government will complete work on major infrastructure projects at three high schools this fiscal year. The works involve the construction of two classroom blocks with a total of 12 classrooms and a wastewater project at Black River High, completion of computer labs and a library resource centre at Kingston College, and a wastewater project at Papine High School. Minister...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, officially broke ground for the construction of a new police station, in Little London, Westmoreland, on Thursday (April 7). The facility will be built under the Ministry of National Security’s Project Rebuild, Overhaul, and Construct (ROC) initiative, which is aimed at making police stations islandwide, modern and citizen-friendly workspaces. Construction of the police...

Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that some $11 million will be spent to repair a section of the May Day Main Road in the Knockpatrick Division of the Manchester Central constituency. The road has been severely damaged by water runoff from an adjoining hillside. Some temporary measures to ease the flooding had been put...

The Manchester Municipal Corporation will be undertaking further improvements to the recently refurbished Melrose Yam Park in the parish. Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell, said that the work will include providing electricity to all the shops used by vendors and other operators at the facility. “All the amenities will be taken care of to include additional electricity, a car...

The community of Anchovy in St James and its surroundings are soon to benefit from a new police station, as ground was broken for the facility on Friday (March 25) by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. The new two-storey 5,300 sq. ft. building is to be constructed under the Ministry’s ‘Project Rebuild, Overhaul,...