Ground to Be Broken Saturday for Mobay Bypass Project.

• The ground is scheduled to be broken on Saturday (July 16) for the construction of the long-awaited Montego Bay Perimeter Road.
• Thousands of road users will benefit from the project, which will entail the construction of a 14.9-km bypass of the city to ease traffic congestion affecting the area, rehabilitation of Barnett Street and West Green Avenue, and construction of the Long Hill Bypass, as well as a drainage study.
• A US$274.5Mn contract was signed between the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) last November, for the undertaking.
• The road will allow persons to go through without jamming up the town and is expected to assist persons in getting to and from the airport within a shorter time frame. Montego Bay is Jamaica’s main resort town and is home to the island’s largest and busiest international airport, with roughly 4,200 passengers arriving and departing per hour.
• The project is expected to benefit the tourism sector through the increased ease of access from the Montego Bay airport to various tourist attractions. Construction of the perimeter road is also anticipated to increase productivity, as Jamaicans living and working in the area will spend less time in traffic.

(Source: JIS News)