The Paradise Bridge in Westmoreland will be demolished and rebuilt at a cost of $48 million. Community Relations Officer for the National Works Agency’s (NWA) Western Region, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the work will be undertaken over the next six months by Otega Engineering Company Limited. She said that the project will be preceded by construction of a...

Road repair and drainage improvement works being undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA) along several thoroughfares in St. James are expected to be completed by August 2019. The projects, which started between April and June, are being executed under the NWA’s Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme at a cost of approximately $100 million. Works include reshaping and asphalting of...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that the foundation for the Jacob’s Hut bridge in Clarendon has been completed as part of ongoing works to repair the structure. Senior Communications and Customer Services Officer, NWA, Ramona Lawson, told JIS News that work has intensified on the project in recent weeks, with significant concrete works planned for the next phase...

Communication and Customer Services Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, says at least 25 per cent of the annual expenditure on mitigation activities could be otherwise utilised, if the country’s drains are not blocked with garbage and debris. Addressing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Disaster Preparedness Month press conference in Kingston recently, Mr....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that the Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project is 97 per cent complete. The highway, which spans St. Andrew and St. Catherine, is a key thoroughfare that links Kingston with Jamaica’s northern, western and southern regions. Senior NWA Communications and Customer Services Officer, Ramona Lawson, told JIS News that although the roadway is...

Work on the US$56-million Hagley Park Road Improvement Project, designed to significantly improve traffic flow in the Corporate Area, is on track for completion by the end of the summer. In a recent interview with JIS News, Senior Communications and Customer Services Officer, National Works Agency (NWA), Ramona Lawson, said that the bridge works are “practically done”. “We have allocated...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently undertaking a $21.8-million project to rehabilitate the 800-metre Somerton to Virgin Valley roadway, in St. James. Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the work commenced on April 15 of this year and has a six-month duration. Ms. Ricketts outlined that the scope of the work...