The Government’s Special Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Programme represents a strategic initiative to modernise urban infrastructure by integrating road, drainage, sewerage and broadband upgrades. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says this effort aims to enhance public safety and traffic management. He informed that under the programme, work on Grange Lane is 90 per cent complete, with the next...

The Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) is now 95 per cent complete. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the remaining segments, from Yallahs Bridge to Port Antonio and Morant Bay to Cedar Valley, will be completed by June 2025. “This transformative project has delivered 141 kilometres (km) of reconstructed roads, 248 km of water pipelines and...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says expansion of Grange Lane in Portmore, St Catherine, is a proactive measure aimed at preparing for the anticipated increase in traffic resulting from the Bernard Lodge development and the proposed transition of Portmore to a parish. Dr. Holness underscored this during a tour of the dualisation project on Friday (February 28)....

The Government has set aside $350 million for the dualisation of Braeton Road and Hellshire Main Road in Portmore, St Catherine. The expansion works will take place from Naggo Head to Texaco Gas Station and on to East Mid Street in the municipality. The sum is contained in the 2025/2026 Estimates of Expenditure currently before the House of Representatives. The...

The new St. Thomas Municipal Corporation building, being constructed at the Morant Bay Urban Centre, is projected to be completed within six months. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, provided the update during a tour of the facility on Wednesday (February 26). “We are looking at a possible six months to fully conclude and occupy this...

Starting tomorrow, February 19, 2025, a section of the roadway from Rio Nuevo to Lambkin Hill in St. Mary will be closed to vehicular traffic. The closure which will be in the vicinity of “Bruk-Weh” will commence at 10 a.m. and is to facilitate the repair of a section of the roadway that has failed. The roadway will be partially...

The Government has budgeted $85 million to facilitate the preparation of final accounts relating to the construction of the state-of-the-art Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite. Construction of the facility, which is located at 149 Orange Street, downtown Kingston, was completed in 2024. Details of the project are outlined in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently...