A sum of $17.4 billion has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure to continue implementation of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). The project seeks to improve the alignment and capacity of the existing southern coastal main arterial road in order to make it safe and efficient, free from flooding and provide for future development. The funds...

The Government will be spending another $1.2 billion in the new fiscal year to continue construction of the Montego Bay perimeter road. The project aims to create a safe and reliable alternative route for motorists travelling across and within Montego Bay, which will result in less congestion within the city and open up new lands to facilitate structured developments. Details...

Traffic will be curtailed this weekend on three corridors in St. Andrew. Constant Spring Road, Woodglen Avenue and Omara Road will all be impacted by works. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw says that Constant Spring Road in the vicinity of Mary Browns Corner will be impacted as a team will be...

A section of Fletchers Street in Bog Walk, St. Catherine will be closed to vehicular traffic for two days between 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 23 and 9:00 a.m. Monday, January 25. The road closure is to facilitate the rehabilitation of a badly damaged section of the roadway in the vicinity of the Serge Island Dairies plant. The works will include...

Motorists who use the Chovey road in St. Mary will soon benefit from improved road conditions. This follows Cabinet’s approval of a $321.3 million contract to Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited for stabilisation works along the road in St. Mary. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during yesterday’s (January 20) post-Cabinet press briefing...

Sir John Golding Road, in St. Andrew has been closed temporarily to facilitate the completion of works on safety features along a section of the roadway which was recently reinstated. Works started at the weekend on the construction of a four foot high concrete block wall to separate pedestrians from a gabion retaining structure designed to hold the road embankment,...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that effective Sunday, January 17, the Savage Pen Road in St. Andrew will be closed to vehicular traffic. The roadway will be closed between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm. The closure is necessary to facilitate paving activities associated with the rehabilitation that is now underway at that location. The roadway...