Renee Sewell

November 16, 2023

Major road repairs to commence in St. Elizabeth                             

 

Major repairs are expected to commence on roads in St Elizabeth North-Eastern at a cost of $250,000,000 in March 2024.

 

Member of Parliament (MP), Delroy Slowely, made the announcement during the 2023/2024 sitting of the State of Constituency Debate held on Wednesday in the House of Representatives.

These roads include Santa Cruz to Leeds and Lacovia to Burnt Savannah.

The MP also called on the National Works Agency (NWA) to construct roundabouts in several areas; specifically, the Lovely Point and Burnt Savannah entrances and exits. Slowely emphasized the need for roundabouts and the role they would play in accident prevention. He expressed that there has been a number of close calls in recent times.

 

“These are danger zones and accident-prone areas that if roundabouts were to be installed, would certainly reduce the number of accidents on our roads. While there have not been any major accidents at these two points, I raise them today because there have been many close calls, and as my granny would say, ‘a stitch in time saves nine’,” he said.