A blast from the past

one patching at a time Rehabilitative works along the Dover to Agualta Vale The National Works Agency (NWA) continues to patching and pothole patch and repairs. advance its mandate of developing safe, reliable and quality roads through a series of targeted rehabilitation Rehabilitative works along the Dover to Agualta Vale works across the parish of St. Mary. These activities, Under package one, the targeted corridors were Dover were carried out under the Graded Overlay (GO) Road to Agualta Vale, Martins to Broadgate, and Broadgate Rehabilitation Programme, a Post Hurricane Melissa to Tom’s River. Package two saw to the corridors from response to restore critically affected corridors following White River to Martins, Highgate to Guys Hill, Guys Hill the natural disaster. to Gayle, and Gayle to Rio Nuevo. These roadways are equally important, providing key connections across The works, divided into two packages, allowed for the communities and facilitating the movement of goods easier execution across this northeastern parish. The and services. works under the two packages began in February. The selected corridors link schools, major town centres and The investment in these works totaled approximately healthcare services. $71.7 million. The GO programme is part of the Government of As of the end of March, the Dover to Agualta Vale Jamaica (GoJ)’s response to the impact of Hurricane Roadway stands at 100% completed while the White Melissa on the island. The scope of works included River to Little Bay roadway and other corridors under preparatory activities to ensure that the targeted areas the Dwight’s Construction Limited stands at 87% were ready for the laying of Asphaltic Concrete. The completed with a view to be 100% completed in short works were done through a combination of sheet order. 22 ROADSTER Volume 53, Issue 78 | March 2026 Volume 53, Issue 78 | March 2026 ROADSTER 3 A blast from the past ... continue from page 17