Monday, August 20th, 2007...1:24 pm

NWA working to restore Palisadoes

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The National Work Agency (NWA) said it will be trying to restore at least single lane traffic to the Palisadoes main road from east Kingston to Port Royal as quickly as possible.

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Photo by Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer: soldiers on patrol head down the Palisadoes main road today, which has been blocked with sand and silt swept on to the road by the sea.  

The sea dumped several feet of sand from the eastern side of the roadway onto the road converting the stretch into an extended shoreline. Several residents walked as far along the blocked roadway which extended from the Gypsum plant to the round-a-bout at the Norman Manley International Airport.

The walls of the plant were torn down while poles, power lines and billboards lay on the sandy path. Triston Tulloch, site supervisor at the NWA said the Jamaica Power Service Company (JPS) is to remove its power lines and then the Agency would use some heavy duty equipment to clear up the area.

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  • Esteban Agosto Reid
    August 20th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    This is an essential artery/thoroughfare that must be cleared as soon as possible.To all those individuals working on this artery.God Bless and respect!

  • malcolm
    August 20th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    they need to move that airport

  • G.Powell
    August 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Improvement needs to be done on this road. We have too many qualified engineers in Jamaica not to have this problem solve once and for all.Come on engineers rise to the occasion, show Jamaicans that we have the personals for the job.

  • G.Powell
    August 21st, 2007 at 9:10 am

    Improvement needs to be done on the Palisadoes Road. We have too many qualified engineers in Jamaica not to have this problem solve once and for all.Come on engineers rise to the occasion, show Jamaicans that we have the personals for the job.

  • sweet yardie
    August 21st, 2007 at 10:38 am

    :) the road 2 kingston airport is low lying area. i was just there-the water is right there on d road level. 2 think all these years they could do someting. u r driving between water on d 2 sides of driving in n out of d kingston airport. there will always b flooding on that strip of road. water n road level r d same. one day jamaica will be living in d 20th century. so much back-a-wall living still going on in ja 2day in 2007. this storm is causing more pressure on families living outside ja–them have 2 work alot of overtime now–cause family in ja a depend pon hand out n western union no stop pack up a people a beg. the stress 2 mind family back in ja is 2 much. when will d goverment find a way for people 2 get work–so they can be independent 4 dem self. how 2 pay rent n mtge in ny–fl–can n den 2 mind family in jamaica? u cannot have nuthing save 4 ur self–cause family await pon u 2 survive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sad jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!! :( get moving ja. what if u did not have family away from u—how would u survive? jamaica find a way 2 have ur own! stop begging!!!!!!!!!! get education so u can read n write n make someting of ur selves!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Esteban Agosto Reid
    August 21st, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Very interesting comments,Sweet Yardie.

  • Rica
    August 21st, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    Sweet Yardie,
    I trust you didn’t learn English in Jamaica, your command and use is atrocious. However, what I got from your notes is that you have family members that depeand on you. Remember this - Give someone a fish you feed them for the night, teach them how to to fish and you feed them for life.
    Now ask yourself what are you doing to uplift your family members that they can stop depending on your two cents??

    On the issue at hand - I seriously believe that has a country we have procrastinated long enough and need to fix the problem of the roadway to the airport. The opposition leader was there prior to Dean lamenting on how we hadn’t “changed the course” to date.

    My Two Cents - Rica

  • Rica
    August 21st, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    Sweet Yardie,
    I trust you didn’t learn English in Jamaica, your command and use is atrocious. However, what I got from your notes is that you have family members that depeand on you. Remember this - Give someone a fish you feed them for the night, teach them how to to fish and you feed them for life.
    Now ask yourself what are you doing to uplift your family members that they can stop depending on your two cents??

    On the issue at hand - I seriously believe that has a country we have procrastinated long enough and need to fix the problem of the roadway to the airport. The opposition leader was there prior to Dean lamenting on how we hadn’t “changed/fixed the course” to date.

    My Two Cents - Rica

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