Road Marking
The day crew of the Road Marking section of the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) will be remarking school crossings in various parishes across the island. The work will be carried out from Monday to Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., weather permitting.
The night crew of the Road Marking section will also continue the remarking of school crossings in St. Lucy, St. Peter and St. James. The crew will also remark the stretch of road between Nita Barrow Roundabout and the Welches Post Office. This work will be carried out from Monday to Thursday, between 6:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m., weather permitting.
Motorists are urged to avoid speeding through work areas while road markings and other works are being done, as this endangers the lives the lives of workers and damages the freshly painted road markings.
Road Rehabilitation/Road Construction
- 3rd Ave, Goodland, St. Michael – road rehabilitation
- 6th Ave, New Orleans, St. Michael – milling
- Babylon Road, St. Andrew – drainage & road construction
- Bagatelle Terrace, St. Thomas – concrete kerbs
- Bridgefield to Jackson, St. Thomas – box drain & culverts
- Bridgefield, St. Thomas – box drain and preparation for paving
- Brucevale Bridge, St. Andrew – bridge reconstruction
- Campaign Castle, St. Philip – preparation for paving
- Cane Garden Road junction, St. Thomas – road rehabilitation
- Chancery Lane, Christ Church –
- Cottage Vale, St. Philip – road rehabilitation & Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC)
- Crab Hill, St. Lucy – preparation for paving
- Crab Hill to Archers Bay, St. Lucy – milling and paving
- Dark Hole Bridge, St. Joseph – gabion works
- Ermy Bourne Highway, St. Andrew – Excavation and backfilling
- French Village, St. Peter – paving and remedial work
- Hangman Hill to Bridgefield, St. Thomas – road reconstruction; section closed
- Highway 1C/Hope Road, St. Lucy – preparation for paving
- Highway 2A, St. James near Prior Park road) – sidewalk construction
- Highway B2, St, Andrew – drainage works
- Highway C1, St. James – accommodation works
- Highway D, Content to Dukes, St. Thomas – road reconstruction
- Highway F Phase 2, St. Joseph – excavation and backfilling, reconstruction of retaining wall
- Jezreel (Ruby to Sanford Fairfield road junction) – slipper and kerb construction
- Melvin Hill Bridge – excavation works, bridge reconstruction
- North of junction of Prior Park, St. James – box drains
- Road junction near Lester Vaughan School – excavation work to widen road junction
- Sweet Home Road, St, Peter – preparing for paving
- St. Judes, St. George – road rehabilitation
Drain Cleaning
- Barbarees Hill, St. Michael
- Bay Street, St. Michael
- Belleplaine, St. Andrew
- Benthams, St. Lucy
- Cane Garden, St. Andrew
- Cane Garden Park, St. Thomas
- Environs of Bridgetown
- Grazettes, St. Michael (in progress)
- Groves Cottage, St. George
- Harmony Hall, St. Philip
- Husbands Main Road, St. Lucy
- J.T.C Ramsay(Bussa) Circle to Garfield Sobers Roundabout
- Murphy’s Pasture, St. Michael (in progress)
- St. Barnabas Heights, St. Michael
- St. Helen’s, St. George
- Trio Path, St. Andrew
- Walker’s, St. Andrew
- Wildey Terrace, St. Michael
Ongoing road works
Christ Church – Masonry work will continue at Parish Land, where a bus stop and retaining wall are being repaired. In Chancery Lane: repairs to the kerb wall are being done. Debushing and drainage works will be carried out at Oistins Hill, Coral Ridge and 3rd Ave Dover. Pothole patching will be carried out at Durants Development, Hopewell Main Road, Long Beach, Wilcox, Breedy Land, St. Davids and Sargeants Village.
St. Michael – Repairs to a head wall at Fontabelle to be done while manhole grills are also being repaired off the Mighty Grynner Highway. The plywood sheets, used for safety on open drains from Fontabelle to the Mighty Grynner Highway for the last lap weekend of Crop Over, will be removed. Drain cleaning will be carried out throughout Bridgetown and the districts. Pothole patching will be done in the Ivy. Cleavedale, Golf Club Road, Forde’s Road and Bay Street. Emmerton Lane is being prepared for paving.
St. George – Weeding is taking place in Walkers, Ellerton and Belair #1 while masonry work will continue in Workmans, where a retaining wall is being reconstructed. Pothole patching will done in Sweet Vale and Newbury to St. Judes.
St. John – Weeding will be done in Gall Hill No.3 Development while debushing takes place at Venture and Church View. Masonry work in Malvern and Cherry Grove also continues. Pothole patching to be done in Pool #1, Roebuck Street, Coach Hill and Bath Land.
St. Thomas – Drain cleaning and removal of drainage stuff in Sharon. Debushing is also being done at Rock Hall. Preparation of road edge at Stoney Gully continue. Pothole patching (coldmix) will occur at Bridgefield and Roland Mapp Highway.
St. Andrew/St. Joseph – Drainage and debushing Franklin Douglin, Fun Ranch, Belleplaine Post Office and Haggatts Depot. Masonry works (bounce-up) Shorey Village, in progress. Pothole patching (cold mix) at Orange Hill, Baywoods and Apes Hill.
St. Peter – Drainage work at Castle while masonry work to be done at Rose Hill. Weeding in Boscobelle Terrace while debushing will be carried out in Jupiter Gardens and Maynards Development. Drainage works to be done in Ashton and Tom Bend Road. Pothole patching will be done in Indian Ground, Four Hill, Orange Hill and Sailor Gully. Farm Bridge remains closed until further notice. Access to the Ronald Mapp Highway from Speightstown, and vice versa, is through Warleigh Road.
St. Philip – Masonry work (culvert construction) in Cox Hill. Manual weeding will occur at C.H Best Road while manual debushing will take place at Pounders Road, Padmore Village and Diamond Valley. Pothole patching will be carried out throughout the district.
St. Lucy – Debushing is being carried out at Lamberts and Alexandra while drainage works will be carried out at 7th and 8th Avenue Maycocks Terrace. Pothole patching is scheduled for Lamberts, Mount Gay and Alexandra.
St. James – Concrete works (manholes and footpaths) continue along Highway 1 – Road View and Fitts Village. Debushing continues along the Ronald Mapp Highway – Haymans and Bakers. Pothole patching to be done on Chapel Gap, Arch Hall and Durants Village.