Come Sunday, December 30, 2018 both eastbound (to Kingston) and westbound (to Spanish Town) traffic using the Mandela Highway will be re-directed on to other sections of the roadway. The traffic change is being effected to facilitate the completion of the westbound carriageway between Six Miles and Tom Cringle Drive.
Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency, Stephen Shaw, says what will obtain come Sunday is that motorists travelling into Kingston will be shifted left, onto a newly paved area, after clearing the traffic signals at Tom Cringle Drive.
Mr. Shaw says in addition, traffic headed out of Kingston will now travel on a section of the current eastbound lanes after crossing the recently-installed Bailey Bridge, near the Six Miles Overpass up to Tom Cringle Drive. Left turns at the intersection onto Tom Cringle Drive will still be accommodated.
The new lanes, to which traffic entering Kingston will be shifted, on the northern side of the project, form part of the permanent eastbound carriageway. The NWA aims to place traffic headed to Spanish Town permanently on the westbound carriageway by mid-January 2019. This will allow for the improvement and raising of approximately 600 metres of the existing roadway between Tom Cringle Drive and Six Miles.
The US$64 million dollar legacy project is currently 88% complete.
