The National Works Agency (NWA) is aware that traffic signals at a number of locations in Kingston and St. James are currently out of operation. The Agency has begun the process of procuring the required equipment to effect repairs.
National Works Agency (NWA) Communication and Customer Services Manager Stephen Shaw, says the NWA hopes to bring these signals back into operation in the shortest possible time. However, until the repairs are done motorists are to approach these locations with caution.
Among the eight intersections currently affected are Creek Street/St. Clavers Street and St. James Street/North Paradise in St. James; Oxford Road/Belmont Road, Tom Redcam Drive/Camp Road, Marcus Garvey Drive/Ninth Avenue, Old Hope Road/Eureka Road and Chesterfield Drive/Pacific Boulevard in Kingston and the Christiana Bypass in Manchester.
The traffic equipment that controls these intersections has either sustained flood damage or has been put out of service as a result of electrical surges. The Agency is reminding motorists that the junctions now operate as three and four way stops with the motorists getting to the intersection first having the right of way to enter.
