The Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project is approximately 55 per cent complete and is scheduled for completion in May 2026. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 21). The Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project is a US$274-million design-build construction contract with China Harbour Engineering Company...

Work on the Grange Lane dualisation project in St. Catherine is now 60 per cent complete. This was announced by Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who provided a project update during a statement to the House of Representatives on the Government’s Special CAPEX Programme, on Tuesday (January 21). “Upon its completion, work will shift to Braeton Road...

Effective, tomorrow, Friday, January 17, 2025, the Benson Ford in St. Andrew will be reduced to single lane traffic and thereafter closed for a period of one week. The Ford is being closed by the National Works Agency (NWA) in order to correct defects in the concrete slab. The defects are in relation to the $19.2 million works that were...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced additional development plans aimed at transforming Port Royal into a vibrant economic hub, that will boost tourism and enhance local infrastructure. Speaking at a commissioning ceremony for the Port Royal Potable Water Transmission Main Upgrade Project on Tuesday , January 7, Prime Minister Holness said, “if properly developed, the city could...

Rehabilitative works have commenced along Spanish Town Road and Mannings Hill Road in Kingston to address poor road conditions along these significant thoroughfares. The works which commenced on Tuesday, January 7, will continue over the course of the next two weeks. The works were implemented as part of the $5 billion road rehabilitation component of the Relief Emergency Assistance and...

A review of the functions of the National Works Agency (NWA) is being considered as the Government places greater focus on improving the national road network. “We are going to have to review the role and functions of the NWA and possibly create either an additional unit or expand the NWA, because the crisis that we face with roads now,...

Everest Drive, in the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, is the first of several roads on which work has commenced under the Government’s $45-billion Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Project. The road, which is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length, is located in the community of Bayshore Park, Harbour View. The scope of works...