The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the motoring public that a section of the Trinityville to Cedar Valley roadway in St. Thomas is currently impassable in the vicinity of the Cedar Valley police station.
While plans are to reinstate the roadway to single lane access, a temporary detour is now being created parallel to the existing roadway, which will take motorists through a section of the Yallahs River. It is expected that works on the detour route will be completed by tomorrow.
Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says persons who need to get to Cedar Valley this evening may travel via Yallahs to Llandewey and then onto Windsor Forest.
Mr. Shaw explains that the roadway, which is historically unstable, is currently being extensively rehabilitated under a $1.5 billion dollar contract which forms part of the larger Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project.
At the affected location, some forty-five meters of masonry retaining wall is being constructed at depths of as much as 6 meters with the necessary revetment protection to hold the road embankment and protect the roadway. Advanced works on the Georgia to Cedar Valley leg of the project is 85% complete.
