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In seeking to improve the condition of the island’s main road network, the NWA is embarking on several road rehabilitation projects across the island. These projects involve improving the drainage systems, cutting of overhanging trees, laying of base course material and repaving entire road sections.

List Of Projects By Regions
CENTRAL REGION
KINGSTON METROPOLIAN REGION (KMR)
NORTH-EASTERN REGION
WESTERN REGION
Major Projects Current Projects: 19
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Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme Dry River Bridge, St. Andrew
The National Works Agency (NWA) intends to replace the Dry River Bridge which was damaged by Tropical Storm Gustav in August 2007. The project will be financed through an agreement between the Government of Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank ...read more

The Washington Boulevard (Fifth Road) Improvement Project
The Washington Boulevard (Fifth Road) Improvement Project was implemented on June 1, 2007. The objectives of the Project are to improve and upgrade the standard of the Washington Boulevard to Dunrobin corridor in order to reduce overall road transportati ...read more

Tom’s River to Agualta Vale Road Rehabilitation
In 2008 the Government of Jamaica engaged the services of DIWI Consultant International GmbH to carry out re-design of the roadway between Tom’s River and Agualta Vale in St. Mary. The design was completed in early 2009. This project involves the rehabil ...read more

Buff Bay Valley Retaining Wall Project - Western Portland
Background The Buff Bay Valley Retaining Wall Project commenced in May 2009. This project was developed to address several major breakaways affecting a section of roadway in the Buff Bay Valley of western Portland, 20 kilometres in length. Thirteen of th ...read more

Lime Hall Road Retaining Wall Project - St. Ann
Background The Green Park to St. Ann’s Bay main has been the site of several major breakaways which resulted from heavy rains affecting the island overtime. These became worse during the December 2009/January 2010 rains, thus there was an urgent need to ...read more

Upper Rio Grande Valley Retaining Wall Project - Eastern Portland
Background Heavy rainfall in the Upper Rio Grande Valley area of eastern Portland in late December 2008, resulted in major breakaways at Kent, Ginger House and Friday. Sections of the roadway between Seaman’s Valley and Millbank was reduced to single lan ...read more

Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme - Yallahs River Training Works
Background The Yallahs River Training/Protective Works project is designed to confine the Yallahs River in a prescribed channel, reduce flooding in nearby communities and to ensure that the recently constructed Yallahs Bridge remains protected from overf ...read more

Waterloo Bridge, St. Andrew
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R.A. Murray Priority Bridge Programme Update Phase II Costruction
The Jamaica bridge development programme is to assist with the replacement of forty (40) bridges in five (5) phases, through a Canadian loan agreement of twenty five million Canadian Dollars (C$25,000,000). ...read more

The Palisadoes Peninsula Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation
The Palisadoes Peninsula, located in Eastern St. Andrew, extends approximately 14 metres westward from Caribbean Terrace (to include the Round-About at Harbour View) to the historic township of Port Royal. Consistent surges which occur as a result of n ...read more

Periodic Maintenance programme asphaltic concrete overlay works Gutter to Freetown, St. Catherine
Background: Gutters to Freetown main road in the parish of St. Catherine is the first main road to be resurfaced under this Periodic Maintenance Programme. ...read more

Road Projects in Clarendon
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Segment Three, North-coast Highway Project
Segment III of the Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (NCHIP) spans 96.2 kilometres of roadway, located between Ocho Rios in St. Ann and Bryan’s Bay, in Port Antonio Portland. The project has been substantially completed since June 30, 2009. ...read more

Segment 1A Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (Bogue Road)
Segment 1A of the Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (NCHIP) is valued at approximately J$1.4 billion dollars. The project is being executed by local contractors Surrey Paving and Aggregates Limited and is being financed through an agreement wit ...read more

Latest update on Tropical Storm Gustav
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The New Yallahs Bridge – A sigh of Relief!
Construction of the new Yallahs Bridge, which began in September 2007, is now completed. This 159-metre, composite highway structure was opened to traffic on Thursday, August 14, 2008, eleven (11) weeks ahead of its scheduled completion date of October 31 ...read more

Proposed Traffic Circulation Plans for Montego Bay
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National Road Services Improvement Programme
As part of its ongoing drive to reduce the pace at which the island-wide main road network is deteriorating, the NWA has put together an enhanced routine maintenance programme, covering 1,800 kilometres of roadway ...read more

Mabey and Johnson Bridge Programme
The Jamaica Priority Rural Bridge Programme (JPRBP), Mabey and Johnson Limited initiative is a loan agreement secured in May 2003, by the GOJ, for twenty two million, eight hundred thousand pounds(£22,800,000) to supply and construct bridges ...read more

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