The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that the Queensborough Ford, located along Molynes Road, will be closed to vehicular traffic effective 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2011.
Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says this closure is being implemented to facilitate the $126-million Queensborough Bridge Construction Project, which will see the construction of a new two-lane vehicular Bridge with pedestrian walkways, across the Queensborough Ford. This project he says, forms part of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which is being executed through Contractors China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), and geared at addressing poor road infrastructure conditions, island-wide.
The closure of the Queenborough Ford, which will span the distance between Fairdene Avenue, on the Northern end of the Ford, and Greendale Drive on the Southern end, will be in effect for a period of seven (7) months.
The alternative route for motorists travelling along Molynes Road, from the direction of Perkins Boulevard is:-
- Fairdene Avenue, onto Knights Dale Drive, onto Red Hills Road; then 2nd right off Red Hills Road, onto Valentine Drive continuing onto Hillview Terrace; then left onto Molynes Road.
- The reverse obtains for motorists travelling along Molynes Road from the direction of Washington Boulevard.
The National Works Agency is advising affected persons to obey all posted warning signs and flag persons, deployed along the route, during the period of closure.
The Queensborough Bridge Construction Project is expected to be completed by the end of November 2011.
