The National Works Agency (NWA) is now in the process of signalizing two critical intersections along the Rose Hall main road in St. James. The roadway forms part of Segment 2a of the Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (NCHIP).
According to the NWA, the Spot Valley intersection and the intersection in the vicinity of the Shoppes of Rose Hall complex will be signalized within another two weeks. The NWA also says that two other intersections will be signalized by mid April. These are the Coral Gardens intersection and the intersection in the vicinity of the Half Moon Resort.
To date, the Agency has sought to improve the safety and ease with which persons use the corridor by signalizing six intersections. These include the Flankers, Providence, Morgan Road and Barrett Town intersections. The intersections in the vicinity of the Ritz Carlton Resort and Spa and the Palmyra Resort have also been signalized. The traffic light at the Palmyra Resort will be commissioned into service as soon as the resort opens its doors.
Segment 2A of the Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (NCHIP) involved the widening and realignment of the twenty seven kilometer (27 km) stretch between Greenside in Trelawny and Montego Bay in St. James, thirteen of which are dualised. The roadway has been equipped with two underpasses, one each for the Half Moon and Rose Hall Resorts, numerous accesses, Bus Bays, junctions and improved drainage structures and safety features. The project was undertaken at a cost of fifty million United States dollars ($US 50 million).
