Communication Specialist, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Abigail Edwards, says the $1.3-billion Closed Harbour Beach Park project is approximately 60 per cent complete and is on track to conclude in November 2020 despite the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She told JIS News that the new facility will be the largest free public-access beach in the city of Montego Bay...

Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC), Ivan Anderson, has informed that due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, construction of the proposed Montego Bay Bypass in St. James, should commence in 2022, instead of next year. He was addressing a virtual Town Hall, hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and NROCC on...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, broke ground for the rehabilitation of the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital Sewage Treatment Plant on Friday (June 19). The upgrade and modernisation project is being funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of $83.6 million. Upon completion, the facility is expected to process the waste produced by...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (June 18) commissioned into service a new bridge in Bowden Hill, St. Andrew, which will benefit hundreds of residents in the rural community and adjoining areas. The new structure, built at a cost of $31 million, replaces a nearly 70-year-old bridge, which collapsed on February 18, 2019. It connects Bowden Hill...

The Government is investing $180 million to improve services at the Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary with the construction of a new laboratory and physiotherapy building. Speaking at the ceremony to break ground on June 12, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said at the end of construction, which is slated to last for 14...

The Government is looking to spend in excess of US$900,000 to upgrade the road traffic signal system across the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) this fiscal year. The project falls under the Urban Traffic Management System, which is a component of the Energy Management and Efficiency Programme. "We will be installing critical infrastructure such as traffic safety cameras, traffic signal battery...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is rehabilitating sections of roadway in the parishes of Westmoreland and St. James. In Westmoreland, the Mount Airy to Orange Hill roadway in Negril is being repaired at a cost of $22.3 million. Community Relations Officer at the NWA (Western Region), Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the project includes construction of concrete cross drains,...