Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the pilot phase of the Government’s Lengthman Programme will commence on the Dunrobin Avenue to Twickenham Park corridor, which spans St. Andrew and St. Catherine. The Lengthman programme, which was announced by Prime Minister Holness during his 2020/21 Budget Debate presentation earlier this year, will commence with high-trafficked corridors and...

To further reduce congestion and improve travel times, several areas across the island are slated to benefit from the construction of bypasses and road improvement works under the Government’s new Greater Infrastructure Development Programme (GIDP). This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness during his contribution to the 2020/21 Budget Debate in House of Representatives on March...

A near 20 per cent average reduction in travel time has been observed along major thoroughfares for which improvement works have been substantially completed under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). These are Mandela Highway, and the Hagley Park, Constant Spring and Barbican roadways. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to safeguarding Jamaica’s coastal areas, which, he noted, are integral to the national economy. He said that about 50 per cent of the country’s economic assets, including commercial and industrial facilities and tourism infrastructure, which contribute to 90 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) are located on...

The Government, along with other stakeholders, will invest millions of dollars to renovate and construct police stations across the island. Among them will be the construction of a new state-of-the-art police station in the seaside town of Port Maria, St. Mary, years after the original station was razed by fire. Ground was broken for its construction on February 7. The...

A sum of $350 million has been allotted under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) for the continued improvement of the island’s road network. The money has been provided in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Up to December 2019 under the project, approximately 416km of the 430km of prioritised roads targeted have been rehabilitated,...

The Government has budgeted $393 million in the upcoming fiscal year to undertake construction and renovation works at several correctional facilities. The allocation will be used to construct changing rooms and roads at Tower Street, Rio Cobre and St. Catherine adult correctional centres, and internal security fencing at Brick Yard Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre; and repair security cameras at...