NWA repairs Mount Ogle roadway

The National Works Agency (NWA) has started work to reopen the Lawrence Tavern main road in St. Andrew, which has been closed for the last five months.

The road was rendered impassable in the community of Mount Ogle, following a massive breakaway caused by the passage of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. 

Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the work being undertaken at Mount Ogle is valued at approximately $34 million.

It involves the construction of a retaining wall, the laying of culverts, the construction of a “U’ drain, and the restoration of the affected section of roadway.

Shaw says work is also to be undertaken on a major breakaway near the Oberlin High School.

He says that reconstruction should cost approximately $25 million.

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