Work is to begin on Monday, January 13, 2025, to reconnect the main road from Vauxhall to Union, St. Elizabeth, which has been impassable since October 2024, when the box culvert in the community of Raheen collapsed. The box culvert which was several decades old was made from steel.
Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw says that a reinforced concrete box culvert is to be built at the location of the collapsed structure. The work is to begin through a $36 – million contract and is to be executed over the next five months. He says that the scope of the works will include the demolition of the existing collapsed structure, steel fabrication and the construction of approach roads.
Mr. Shaw says that a detour road is to be constructed in the vicinity of the new Box Culvert. This road is expected to be completed within 10 days and is to be used by motorists, while the new box culvert is under construction.
Motorists are being advised to obey posted warning signs and the instructions of flag-persons in using the section of the main road, over the next several weeks.
