The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that main roads in Portland, St. Andrew, St. Thomas and St. Catherine, blocked by landslips as a result of showery activity during the last twenty four hours are being cleared by work crews. At the same time the Agency is warning motorists to be careful when using some corridors.
In St. Catherine, the Bog Walk Gorge is impassable, as the Rio Cobre has overflowed its banks. The Sligoville main road is also blocked by a large boulder, approximately two miles traveling from Bog Walk. The roadway is now being cleared and is expected to be re- opened to traffic by later this afternoon.
In St. Andrew, the main road is blocked between the communities of Marylandand Woodford. The roadway is impassable in the vicinity of “Carter Corner” which is just above the two rivers that run across this roadway, close to the St. Mary’s Anglican Church. The alternative route is Norbrook Drive ontoCambridge. Caution is being advised in using the Stony Hill to Toms River and Stony Hill to Parks Road corridors. These roadways are being affected by breakaways that have been exacerbated by the heavy rains.
Over in the parish of Portland, the Buff Bay to Balcarres main road is blocked between Mile Post 35 & 36. A work team is currently in the area seeking to have the corridor reopened.
In St. Thomas the Ford at Hagley’s Gap has been washed out and is now impassable. The alternative route for motorists attempting to leave Hagley’s Gap is through Bethel Gap to Windsor Forest, through Llandewey onto Eleven Miles.
The NWA is also warning motorists to be careful in using the roadways from Trinityville to Mount Vernon and White Hall to Hillside, both in St. Thomas. These corridors are being affected by washed down silt and debris. The Agency is also warning motorists not to use roadways, especially Fords that are flooded, as it may be unsafe to do so.
