The National Works Agency (NWA) has re-commenced efforts to repair main roads across Kingston, St. Catherine and St. Thomas in the form of a hotmix patching programme. The programme, valued at $236 million, was originally slated to commence prior to the resumption of schools in September and was repeatedly obstructed by continuous rainfall that has affected the island since July. Similar hotmix patching projects are also being implemented across the island as the weather conditions allow.
Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the programme re-commenced two weekends ago and will target approximately sixty-three (63) main roads across the three parishes. He says targeted roadways will be treated with hotmix patching in an effort to improve the driving surface. This phase of the works is scheduled to be completed by the end of November.
Targeted roadways in Kingston include sections of Maxfield Avenue; Oxford Road; Shortwood Road; Chisholm Avenue; Port Royal main road from Norman Manley International Airport; Port Royal Street and Water Lane to Harbour Street in Downtown Kingston; Spanish Town Road and Washington Boulevard.
In St. Catherine, roadways such as the Portmore Crossing to Municipal Boulevard; Old Harbour Roundabout to Gutters; Bog Walk Gorge and westbound lanes of Mandela Highway are being patched. St. Thomas roadways include, New and Old Pera; Johnson Mountain; Port Morant to Bath and the Airy Castle main road.
Roadways that have already benefitted under the programme include Red Hills Road; Balmoral Avenue; Spanish Town Bypass; Waltham Park and Hagley Park Roads; Waterloo Road and Knutsford Boulevard.
