Significant work was under- taken to buildout Jamaica’s road network:
• The National Works Agency (NWA) completed rehabilitation of the Martha Brae to Holland road in Trelawny at a cost of $15 million.
• Ground was officially broken for rehabilitation of the Jackson Town to Ulster Spring main road in southern Trelawny at a cost of over $400 million.
SCHIP
• The May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) was officially opened.
• Work has commenced on the US$274.5 million Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project.
• A new alignment through Mezgar Garden in St. Thomas was opened to replace the previous alignment through the hills of Grants Pen in the parish under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP).
• Four-lane roadways from Bull Bay to Albion in St. Thomas were opened to the motoring public under the SCHIP.
• Streetlights and traffic lights were also installed along some corridors of the major project.