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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 17.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 17.

Construction Of Port Antonio Bypass Approved

By: Rochelle Williams, March 18, 2022
The Government has approved the construction of the Port Antonio Bypass in Portland as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. “As currently conceptualised, the project will see the...
Canadian High Commissioner, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic (foreground), charges an electric vehicle (EV), during a ceremony for the official hand over and commissioning of an EV charging station donated by the High Commission, at the Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS) in Kingston on Tuesday (March 15). Looking on are Chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust Board of Directors, Professor Alvin Wint (left); JAGAS trainees, local representatives of Flash Motors, which provided the vehicle; personnel from Xergy Energy of Canada, which installed the EV station; and members of the Canadian High Commission.

JAGAS Gets Electric Vehicle Charging Station

By: Alecia Smith, March 17, 2022
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), engages with student from Greenwich Primary in St. Catherine, Jerdane Dickson (second right), at the official launch of the ‘Safe Passage: Safe Routes to School Road Safety Clubs’, at the AC Hotel by Marriott in New Kingston on Wednesday (March 9). Other students (from left) are Natalia Jackson from Hope Valley Experimental Primary and Infant in St. Andrew and Dennis Cooke from Treadlight Primary School in Clarendon.

Road Safety Clubs Launched at Seven Primary Schools

By: CHANEL SPENCE, March 12, 2022

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(FILE) Work in progress along a section of the Mandela Highway. This forms part of the US$64-million Mandela Highway Realignment and Reconstruction Project, which involves road construction works comprising extensive soft soil treatment, construction of a 3.5 km six-lane corridor, with a two-lane overpass bridge, two new three-lane bridges at Fresh River, a two-lane service road adjacent to the main roadway to facilitate the development of Caymanas Estate and upgrading of the Six Miles Interchange.
Transport

NROCC To Continue Maintaining Tolled Highways

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC) will continue to pursue the monitoring of the operations and maintenance of the completed toll roads, while simultaneously seeking to expand...
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By: Latonya Linton, March 1, 2022