The National Works Agency (NWA) is undertaking major road improvement works on three critical road sections in Northern and Southern Trelawny.
According to the NWA, approximately nine million dollars ($9 million) is being spent to rehabilitate nine thousand square metres of roadways in the farming communities of Good Hope, Burnt Thump and Hill Sixty in the parish. These projects involve the cleaning of drains, the reconstruction of the roadways and the asphalting of these road sections, using Double Surface Dressing.
To date, the NWA has completed the drainage component of the programme. Additionally, the roadways have been reshaped and compacted. The NWA is now proceeding with the asphalting of the corridors.
The communities of Burnt Thump and Hill Sixty are located in South Trelawny and produce much of the yams from the area that are sold locally and overseas. The Good Hope community is in the North of the parish and is known for the production of sugarcane and citrus.
These projects are being undertaken in a bid to improve the road infrastructure in these farming communities. It is expected that once these projects are completed there will be a boost to local agriculture as the rehabilitated roadways will improve the ease with which farmers transport their produce from their farms to their intended markets.
The NWA says that these projects are expected to be completed by the end of April 2009.
