PM orders study on Portmore toll conflict
published: Friday | March 11, 2005

SPANISH TOWN:

PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has charged a team comprising the National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), TansJamaican Highway Limited and Bouygues, to complete a study on a range of issues relating to the Portmore leg of Highway 2000.

The report will include concerns raised by the residents of Portmore. Mr. Patterson gave the instruction at a meeting held at Jamaica House yesterday to review the interim report requested of the team in January.

At yesterday's meeting, the prime minister restated his commitment to continue the dialogue with the residents of Portmore, noting that the government had a responsibility to consider the legitimate concerns of the residents. He said also that it was expected that both the government and Bouygues would honour their contractual arrangement while taking into consideration the outcome of the work and the consultations he had ordered.