Ministry of Transport & Works
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Marcus Garvey Drive Part of Programme to Widen Eight Corridors
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KINGSTON, May 9 (JIS):
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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| Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry |
The work on Marcus Garvey Drive is part of a programme being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport and Works to widen eight critical corridors in the Corporate Area, to include Spanish Town Road, Hagley Park Road, Washington Boulevard and Constant Spring Road.
"Marcus Garvey is underway with a six lane expansion. It will have the access road improved from the port," informed Minister Mike Henry, who was speaking at a press conference at the Ministry on May 2.
Mr. Henry explained that he would be taking a multi-modal approach to the construction of roads, thus the inclusion of the port.
"I still have to make the country clearly understand what I mean by multi-modal. By this I mean that I have to accept the fact that on the road there are three or five elements of movement, the first being the pedestrian.and the multi modal aspect comes in when I have to look at where does the road meet the rail, the rail meet the sea, and where does the sea meet the air," the Minister said.
He added that discussions are underway with the Port Authority and Kingston Wharves to facilitate the inclusion of the ports into the road network.
The expansion of Marcus Garvey Drive and Spanish Town Road will be followed by the Washington Boulevard/Dunrobin Avenue six-lane project. These six lanes will connect to an expanded four-lane set-up for Constant Spring Road up to Shortwood Road.
A four-lane arrangement will be established for Hagley Park Road between the Waltham Park Road and the Maxfield Avenue intersections. This will also be done for Barbican Road, East King's House Road, Lady Musgrave Road and the Old Hope Road corridor.
The road widening programme was decided on, following a comprehensive traffic study of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), which was conducted by the National Works Agency (NWA). The study involved examination of all major corridors in the city, including travel time and delay surveys, along with capacity analysis of over 350 intersections.
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