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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (fourth left), breaks ground for a $25.5-million project to install a standby generator at the Port Maria Hospital in St. Mary, on Thursday (July 30).Also participating are (from left) Managing Director, Donaldson Engineers and Services Limited, Kevin Donaldson; Member of Parliament, Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Chairman, Board of Management, North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), Tyrone Robinson; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; and Regional Technical Director, NERHA, Dr. Patrick Wheatle.

Ground Broken For Standby Generator At Port Maria Hospital

Ground was broken on Thursday (July 30) to install a new standby generator at the Port Maria Hospital in St. Mary, to improve its electrical capacity. The project, which is valued at approximately $25.5 million, is being undertaken through funding...

A U-drain constructed by the National Works Agency (NWA) as part of repairs to the Clark's Town to Hyde roadway in Trelawny.

NWA Undertaking Road Improvements In Western Jamaica

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third right); Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), lead in celebrating the official opening of the rehabilitated Guava Ridge to Content Gap road in the area on Wednesday (July 29). Others (from left) are Pastor of the Mount Lebanon Church of God of Prophecy, Bernice Small; Senior Director at the National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer; and Councillor for the Mavis Bank Division, Alvin Francis.

Hundreds Benefit From Rehabilitation Of Guava Ridge To Content Gap Roadway

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), converses with Senior Director, Project Implementation, National Works Agency (NWA), Varden Downer (right), during a tour of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) in Portland on Friday (July 24). Listening is Member of Parliament, and Eastern, Ann-Marie Vaz.

PHOTOS: PM Tours Southern Coastal Highway Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), speaking with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Member of Parliament, Portland Western, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at the construction site for the $200-million state-of the-art Buff Bay Health Centre in Portland. Ground was broken for the project in June.

PHOTOS: PM Visits Buff Bay Health Centre Project Site

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to a point from Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Member of Parliament, Portland Western, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during a tour of the construction site for the new Buff Bay Police Station in Portland on Friday (July 24).

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Buff Bay Police Station To Be Completed By Year End

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the new Buff Bay Police Station is now 62 per cent complete and will be handed over to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) before the year ends. The new police station is being constructed by the National Housing Trust (NHT) at a cost of approximately $95 million. It is being built on...

6 years ago Works / Construction

Closed Harbour Beach Park Project 60 Per Cent Complete

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...

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Repair to Tiber River Bridge to start early August

Critical works to secure the Tiber River Bridge in Gayle, St. Mary is set to start in early August. The bridge’s deck is currently lower than the existing road level and poses a threat to motorists who continue to access the imperiled structure despite the National Works Agency’s (NWA) prohibition warnings. NWA’s Communication Manager, Stephen Shaw explains that the bridge...

A section of the roadway in the Treadlight community of Clarendon, which will be rehabilitated at a cost of $150 million under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund

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Major Road Rehabilitation Project For Treadlight

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is set to roll out a major road rehabilitation project in the community of Treadlight in Clarendon, effective July 2020. The project, being implemented under the JSIF Integrated Community Development Project 2 (ICDP), is being funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of approximately $150 million and is expected to run for...

Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC), Ivan Anderson, addresses a virtual Town Hall, hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and NROCC on Tuesday (June 23), to discuss the environmental impact assessment report on the proposed Montego Bay Bypass.

6 years ago Works / Construction

Construction Of Montego Bay Bypass To Begin In 2022

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 (second right), breaks ground for the rehabilitation of the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital sewage treatment plant on Friday (June 19). He is joined by (from left) Director of the North Eastern Regional Health Authority (NERHA}, Fabia Lamm; CEO of Marshall Construction Company Ltd, Alphanso Reynolds; NERHA’s Chairman of the Board of Management, Tyrone Robinson; and Director of Projects, Institutional Benefits & Facilities Management at the National Health Fund, Orett Clarke.

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Sewage Treatment Plant At St. Ann’s Bay Hospital To Be Rehabilitated

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 (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially commission into service a new bridge in Bowden Hill, St. Andrew, on Thursday (June 18). He is assisted by (from left) Councillor, Stony Hill Division, Tosha Schwapp; Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Councillor, Delroy Williams; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; and Member of Parliament, West Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.

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PM Commissions Bowden Hill Bridge

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...