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The Ministry of Public Works wishes to remind the public of the three-year joint initiative with BELCO launched in early 2020 to carry out coordinated road trenching across the island. The primary objective of this was to enable BELCO to conduct significant upgrades to its network. 

Following these works, the island will have a far more secure, reliable, state of the art infrastructure and no need for future road trenching for many years to come.

As the work continues, the public should be aware that much of the road surface in areas undergoing trenching is temporary and allows the underlying sub-base to compact before the final surfacing is completed. As such, road surfaces will be somewhat uneven until the final application. An example of this is on the eastern end of Harrington Sound Road.

The Ministry can advise that following further subsurface work by BELCO to be completed in three months, the final resurfacing work on Harrington Sound Road is expected to commence.

Motorists should exercise care and caution when travelling on all uneven road surfaces, especially where road works are ongoing.

The Ministry of Public Works apologizes for these temporary road conditions and thank the motoring public for their continued patience and cooperation during these critical infrastructure upgrades. 

The Ministry of Public Works wishes to inform motorists that BLDC’s trench work was postponed due to the oncoming Cup Match Holiday. The trench works will commence from Tiger’s Bay pumping station at Penno’s Wharf and within two weeks enter Mullet Bay Road heading west to Rocky Hill Park in St. George’s. The trench work will be in the eastbound lane and possibly switch over to the westbound lane on Mullet Bay Road depending on existing underground utility lines.

The lane closure will commence from Monday August 2nd, 2021 to Friday November 5th, 2021. Working hours will be from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm,weekly from Monday through Saturday. Trench work should reach 200 feet open section lengths at a time.

All motorists are advised to avoid Penno’s Wharf parking area for the firsttwo weeks starting August 2nd, 2021.

Motorists, especially construction vehicles, buses and taxis are asked to use caution when passing the open trench since it may at times be near the center yellow line and can be quite deep.

Traffic controls will be under the direction of Island Construction Services Ltd. representatives and will be managed through traffic control signs & signals.

The Ministry of Public Works wishes to encourage the full cooperation of the public and apologizes for any inconvenience that may result.

Should there be any questions regarding these works, please direct queries to the attention of Stephen Tucker, Project Manager for BLDC at 501-3010. Any queries on traffic control should be directed to Tina Beer-Searle, Civil Engineer, highways Section for Ministry of Public Works on 501-3044.

The Ministry of Public Works wishes to inform the motoring public that BELCO will be starting trench work along Store Hill Road from North Shore Road junction down Middle Road to BELCO substation in Flatt’s in Smith’s Parish.

The one lane closure for BELCO trench work should start in the southbound lane on Store Hill Road and traverse from there onto the eastbound lane on Middle Road.

The works will start on Tuesday June 22^nd, 2021 through to Friday October 29^th, 2021. Working hours will be from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm daily.

Traffic controls will be under direction of BELCO representatives and will be managed through traffic control signals & signage.

The motoring public is advised to seek alternative routes via Loyal Hill Pass to the west and Jennings Road to the east to transfer from North South Road to Middle Road and avoid the trench section on Store Hill Road altogether.

The Ministry of Public Works wishes to encourage the full cooperation of the public and apologizes for any inconvenience that may result.

Should there be any questions regarding the BELCO trench works, please direct them to the attention Mr. Jonathan Pedro, Project Manager for BELCO at 295-5111 ext. 1441. Any queries on detour routes should be directed to Mrs. Tina Beer-Searle, Civil Engineer Highways for Ministry of Public Works at 501-3044.