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 […]
Robert Morgan, the minister with responsibility for works, told the Parliament on Tuesday that the Government’s major road improvement programme will generate 13,000 direct jobs during construction, deliver an estimated US$1.3 billion ($195 billion) in savings from vehicle operating costs, enhance service accessibility, and strengthen community connectivity. According to Morgan, the Shared Prosperity Accelerated Improvement […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The struggles of motorists and pedestrians using the pothole-riddled roadway between Montego Bay in St James and Negril, Westmoreland, is steadily being eased, thanks to ongoing road-patching taking place under the Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) programme. According to Janel Ricketts, community relations officer at the National Works Agency’s western office, the repairs […]
A total of 42 road projects will be undertaken under Work Order 1 of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. These works, which will span 21 constituencies across eight parishes, will be carried out at a cost of $1.9 billion. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth […]
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 […]
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 […]
The National Works Agency (NWA) is set to implement another phase of road repair works under the Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) programme. This tranche which will, at first, be implemented in five parishes is scheduled to be rolled out by this weekend. Manager of Communication and Customer Services of the NWA, Stephen […]
