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SPARK road programme accelerates in western Jamaica this month

ST JAMES, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has announced that roadworks under the long-anticipated Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme will ramp up in western Jamaica by mid-May. Thirteen roads across St James, Westmoreland, Hanover, and Trelawny are scheduled for rehabilitation this month. Works have already commenced on […]

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SPARK to address longstanding drainage problem on Harbour Drive — Morgan

The longstanding problem of flooding, which has already damaged several houses while threatening others along Harbour Drive in Harbour in eastern St Andrew, will be addressed next year during the main road component of the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme. The flooding is caused by an inadequate and poorly […]

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Works underway on 84 of 126 roads in SPARK first phase

The first 126 roads under the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme should be completed by June, according to minister with responsibility for works Robert Morgan. With six work orders to be undertaken by the contractor China Harbour Engineering Company in this quarter, Morgan estimates that more than 250 roads […]

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St Andrew residents happy as SPARK makes a difference

RESIDENTS of the St Andrew communities of Orange Grove and Bridgemount have welcomed recent roadworks done by the National Works Agency (NWA) under the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme. For years road conditions in sections of the two communities have been deteriorating, with nearly 40 per cent of the […]

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Work on more roads under SPARK programme to begin in Corporate Area this week

KINGSTON, Jamaica–Work is scheduled to begin on more roads in the Corporate Area this week, under Work Order 1 of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) programme. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Robert Morgan, gave an update on the programme to the House […]

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Petrojam paving way for REACH and SPARK road work programmes

As Jamaica’s leading producer and supplier of bitumen – the binding/adhesive component that is used in the production of asphalt for roads – Petrojam has been appointed the exclusive supplier of asphalt for the country’s Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) and Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programmes. Now […]

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SPARK Programme Under Way

Everest Drive, in the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, is the first of several roads on which work has commenced under the Government’s $45-billion Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Project. The road, which is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length, is located in the community of Bayshore Park, Harbour […]

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Cabinet to be updated on progress of SPARK Programme

Cabinet will be updated on the progress of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme on Monday, October 7, 2024, the government has announced. The $45 billion initiative is aimed at significantly upgrading Jamaica’s infrastructure, with a focus on critical improvements to road networks and water systems. The SPARK Programme, […]

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Status of the SPARK Road Rehabilitation Programme

Statement to Parliament on the Status of the SPARK Road Rehabilitation Programme by Dr. the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP, Prime Minister In the Houses of Parliament Duke Street Tuesday, October 8. 2024 at 2:00 pm ——— Madam Speaker, I rise today to update this Honourable House on the progress of the Government’s flagship […]

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