Road Works For East Central St. James

360 persons have been killed in road crashes since the start of the year, up to November 17. While this is a 14 percent reduction in road deaths, compared to the 420 persons killed for the similar period last year, it still poses significant economic and quality of life costs for the families involved, the health care sector, and the...

Commuters and law-abiding public transport operators in Kingston and St Andrew are breathing easier as the police maintain efforts to rid the public transport sector of rogue and criminal elements. Listen up to hear how taxi and bus operators have been ‘doing road’ alongside the police, as they employ different technologies to stem extortion.

The National Works Agency, NWA, responsible for 736 bridges on Jamaica’s main road network has been assessing the structural integrity of some bridges, following last Monday’s 5.6 magnitude earthquake. To ensure the safety of these structures, technical teams from the Agency are out assessing their structural integrity, especially in parishes which felt the greatest impact of the quake.