The National Works Agency (NWA) has suspended the planned closure of a section of the northbound lane along the Palisadoes roadway in Kingston. The closure was to be done effective today for three months, as part of the US65-million dollar effort currently underway to rehabilitate and protect the Palisadoes shoreline.
Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says suspension has come about, as the Agency was dissatisfied with the safety arrangements that have been made by the contractor.
Mr. Shaw says that an inspection late yesterday evening revealed that critical safety measures had not been implemented as instructed and that this informed the NWA’s decision to abort the plans.
He says the planned traffic diversion will be implemented as soon as the contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited completes all the safety measures that have been instructed by the NWA.
When implemented, the detour will span a distance of approximately 1.3 kilometres heading from the direction of the Airport, ending at approximately 3 kilometres from the Harbour View Round-About, where traffic will then be redirected onto the pre-existing roadway.
Those motorists travelling from the direction of the Harbour View Round-About, towards the Airport, will travel in the southernmost (i.e. far right) lane, for the distance of the diversion.
