More funding for Three Miles bypass project

Syranno Baines, Gleaner Writer

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that additional funding will be provided for drainage along the bypass for Three Miles in St Andrew.

Holness made the disclosure this morning as he toured the new US$1-million diversion now being constructed to help ease traffic congestion in the Corporate Area amid the eight-month closure of the busy Three Miles intersection.

The two-lane 1.5-kilometre roadway is part of the Government's overall road-development and traffic-management programme and will link Chesterfield Drive, off Spanish Town Road, to Marcus Garvey Drive.

“We’re conscious that in the era of climate change, whatever infrastructure we put up must be resilient; it must be able to withstand the unpredictable and variable weather,” Holness noted.

“So, the bypass road that we have almost completed, additional provisions will be made for drainage and to protect the road because that road is almost at sea level, and several drains run in that direction,” he said.

He further stated that the National Environment and Planning Agency will have to do significant work in the area to ensure that drains are not being used to dispose of commercial pollutants, which may put road users at risk.

Openly expressing his satisfaction with the pace and quality of the roadwork, Holness further told journalists that the bypass is about 90 per cent complete.

He also said the Three Miles overpass is progressing well and is on schedule to be completed by June 2019.

All the pillars have so far been erected and a section of a ramp is under construction.

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