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Opposition Spokesman on Transport and Works, Pearnel Charles is urging the government to make special budgetary allocation for disaster prevention to avoid expending sizeable amounts for relief in the aftermath of disasters. Mr. Charles, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on June 29, said the cost of prevention was far more economic than...

Repair work on the Lakes Pen to Grange Hill main road in St. Catherine is 90 per cent complete and the project is way ahead of its April 20 delivery date. The four-month works contract was awarded to ALCAR Construction & Haulage Company on December 14, 2004 and work began on the 4.3 kilometre roadway on January 5, said Vando...

The Ministry of Transport and Works will be introducing a new road maintenance programme, as it continues to develop strategies aimed at preserving the country's roadways. Minister of State in the Ministry, Dr. Fenton Ferguson made the announcement while addressing the contract signing ceremony for the construction of a ford at Moore Park in Bybrook, Western Portland on Friday, February...

The first set of completed housing units under the Inner City Housing Project will be available for occupation in February 2005. Director of the Inner City Housing Project, Maurice Anderson, made this disclosure at a recent JIS Think Tank. The Inner City Housing Project (ICHP), which was established some four years ago by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM),...

Customers from ten communities in St. Elizabeth currently served by the National Water Commission's (NWC) Bogue/Elim water system will experience some disruption to their regular supply from Monday, November 29 to Thursday, December 2. This is as a result of urgent repair work being done on mechanical equipment at the Bogue water treatment plant. NWC Community Relations Officer, Karen Brown...

State Minister for Transport and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of road rehabilitation work being carried out in Portland, following the passage of Hurricane Ivan. Dr. Ferguson, who was speaking to the media following a tour of hurricane-affected areas in eastern and western sections of the parish on September 27, said he was impressed with...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has closed the Suttons Bridge located on the Lower Chapelton to Rock River main road in Clarendon, with immediate effect. This disclosure has come from Vando Palmer, NWA's Communication and Customer Services Manager, who revealed that sections of the wing walls and approach to the bridge had collapsed. Motorists travelling to Chapelton may use the...

Over the past two weeks, the National Works Agency (NWA) has cleared and provided access to all of the island's main roads, and most of the B and C roads. Speaking with JIS News, Petra-kene Williams, Senior Communication Officer at the NWA disclosed that the agency received 1,249 complaints regarding blocked roads or in some instances, breakaways and also retaining...

Construction work to restore the Yallahs fording in St. Thomas, which was washed away by Hurricane Ivan more than two weeks ago, has been completed and is opened to motorists. The new concrete bridge, to accommodate two-lane traffic, has been built by Bouygues Travaux Publics and Pre-Mix Company, in collaboration with the National Works Agency (NWA). Minister of Transport and...

Director of Research, Information and Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Raymond Pryce has pointed out that while price increases in construction materials, such as lumber and zinc, might take place, given the high demand at this time, the level of increases was critical. He pointed out that the CAC would be calling on the Master Builders Association to...

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, has said he was pleased with the level of expansion to the infrastructure presently being undertaken at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The airport, managed by the Montego Bay Jamaica (MBJ) Airport Limited for just over a year now, is being expanded at a cost of about US$140 million with completion...

A National Building Code is being developed to establish the guidelines that should be observed in the design, construction and maintenance of buildings.It is being developed by the Jamaica Institute of Engineers (JIE) in collaboration with the Jamaica Bureau of Standards (JBS) at a cost of $20 million and is scheduled for completion by May 2005. This was outlined by...