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SPANISH TOWN: Corporate Office – A motorcyclist died tragically last night after the bike he was riding veered in the direction of a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus in Above Rocks, in the vicinity of Parks Road in St. Catherine.

Preliminary reports indicate that at around 9:50pm Sunday, a bus was travelling towards Above Rocks when a motor bike travelling in the opposition direction veered into the path of the bus. It’s reported that the bike rider was being transported to hospital when the vehicle in which he was being carried met in an accident.

Meanwhile, information reaching the JUTC is that members of the community are threatening to damage JUTC’s buses in retaliation over the accident. The management of the bus company is expressing condolences to the family of the deceased. It must be noted however that any threat of violence, confirmed by the police, will result in the bus company pulling its service to the route to protect state property and life.

 

The matter is being investigated by the Police.

As a follow up to our previous communication, kindly note that there will be additional closures along the Three Miles/Hagley Park corridor, effective Sunday, September 9, 2018, as road improvement works continue.

The additional closures will impact our Portmore operation. We are allocating buses at Dawkins Drive and will be dispatching buses at Christian Gardens, Naggo Head and Greater Pormore earlier than usual. We appeal to commuters to start their journey early.

There will be delays. We ask you to be considerate and patient as we go through this period together.

Please familiarize yourself with the routes affected and detours to help you in your travels.

Our valued commuters,
As you are aware, there are several road works taking place across the entire Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region, KMTR. This will impact our operations. As a result, commuters should expect delays and traffic detours. Additionally, there will be increased traffic on the road network due to the start of the new school year. We are therefore appealing to commuters, to leave out earlier to reach your destination on time.

Just before Summer, we developed an early bird service in Spanish Town, St. Catherine in anticipation for the impact of these road works which starts from 4am until 5:30am to move mass commuters. A similar exercise will be done in Portmore, St. Catherine starting at 5:30am at Dawkins Drive.

Kindly note, that our Portmore operations will be primarily affected. A total of 34 routes will be affected, 24 of which is from Portmore.

We are appealing to you to exercise understanding and restraint despite the distress these infrastructural works may cause. We’ll be working closely with our partners the National Works Agency and the Jamaica Constabulary Force with regards to traffic management and to minimize as best as possible, the impact on you. We look forward to your continued support.

Please see below useful information and maps of detours that will help you determine your travels. We encourage you to keep track of detours by visiting our website www.jutc.gov.jm, the press and our social media pages.

SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited, JUTC, takes note of the public discourse regarding the Transport Minister Robert Montague’s proposal to open up all public routes in Jamaica to all operators who are interested in obtaining a licence to enter the business.

We thank the Minister and Government for the invitation to canvass our views with regards to the development of the industry. As we look ahead, we will be engaging our members with a view to framing our position to the proposal and therefore will make no public comment on the matter pending the conclusion of the national consultations.

Like the Minister, we also take this opportunity to invite other stakeholders to solicit the views of their members and put forward their ideas, so that collectively we can hammer out a solution that not only improves public transportation but also the communities they serve.