The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is encouraging persons who may have complaints arising from the construction of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 to make contact with its offices. This is to ensure that the concerns of critical stakeholders are attended to, through the company’s community stakeholder programme. In an interview with JIS News,...

Community Relations Officer for the western office of the National Works Agency (NWA), Janel Ricketts, says the St. James leg of the ongoing patching programme is complete. The patching initiative in the parish was done at a cost of $30 million and forms part of a larger programme in the region, which targets critical sections of several roadways in St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a second phase of works to construct a new museum, restaurant and entertainment facilities at the Port Royal Cruise Terminal will be completed in 2021/22. He made the announcement during his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18. Last year, Jamaica welcomed three cruise vessels...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be implementing a road safety programme valued at $50 million, which will see the installation of raised pavement markers along the North Coast Highway and other road corridors. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness made the announcement during his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18....

As part of flood mitigation measures, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be targeting several major gullies for work to enhance the country’s flood control response. To this end, the Agency will be undertaking works to reconstruct the gully walls and inverts on parts of the Sandy Gully in St. Andrew North, the North and South Gullies in St. James...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says 12 new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are now under construction. Mr. Holness who made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18, said the SEZs which span a variety of industries, total 1.1 million sq. ft of new space. “Business confidence in...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will continue work under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) as the main capital road project for the 2021/22 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 18). He said that during...