Where art thou Jamaica thread?

[dante2308]

Noticible lack of talk about Jamaica here so I started this thread. If anyone but me cares, I want to open up talk about H2k, the new Cuaseway, new development in New Kingston, new streetscape projects, the Kingston port expansion, and the airport expansion/upgrading.

What do you guys think about the Transportation Ministry's new projects?

[wiki]

Originally Posted by dante2308

Noticible lack of talk about Jamaica here so I started this thread. If anyone but me cares, I want to open up talk about H2k, the new Cuaseway, new development in New Kingston, new streetscape projects, the Kingston port expansion, and the airport expansion/upgrading.

What do you guys think about the Transportation Ministry's new projects?

besides the dominican culture for me the jamaican is the second more interesting in the cariibbean, i have done like 3 class exposition about jamaican culture, and i love it, i love the ackee. jamaica is one of the most important bauxite importer in the world, jamaica is the second best positioned caribbean country in the olympic games history.

[jaru123]

Skyline de Kingston

[Thskyscraper]

Originally Posted by dante2308

Noticible lack of talk about Jamaica here so I started this thread. If anyone but me cares, I want to open up talk about H2k, the new Cuaseway, new development in New Kingston, new streetscape projects, the Kingston port expansion, and the airport expansion/upgrading.

What do you guys think about the Transportation Ministry's new projects?

Hey man, we'd love to see some of that stuff. Welcome it's always nice to see some one from the non-latin carribean , haven't seen many though. Why don't you post some stuff for us to see, all those projects sound really interesting

[dante2308]

www.h2kjamaica.com <--- that’s the site on the Highway 2000 project. In short, at the turn of the century, Jamaica lacked a highway system and had to rely on small two lane roads for most of the travel between towns and cities. There was a lot of improvement work done on these roads in the 1990's but finally the PM announced a new program to bring a freeway system to the island. The system will have a route from Kingston to the second city, Motego Bay and a route connecting the first to Ocho Rios, the tourism city. The final product will add hundreds of miles of highways and new bridges and will be completed before the end of the decade. It represents the largest undertaking in Jamaica's history and will cost billions when it is completed.

Simultaneously, the airports have been upgraded as well as the ports. There have been improvements to a lot of the main roads in Kingston as well.

The reason I created this thread is to open discussion on these topics due to the lack of readily available information on it. Particularly, I want to know what Norman Manley International Airport will look like when its done. The rendering at the entrance seems unreal. Does anyone have any info?

[wiki]

Originally Posted by dante2308

www.h2kjamaica.com <--- that’s the site on the Highway 2000 project. In short, at the turn of the century, Jamaica lacked a highway system and had to rely on small two lane roads for most of the travel between towns and cities. There was a lot of improvement work done on these roads in the 1990's but finally the PM announced a new program to bring a freeway system to the island. The system will have a route from Kingston to the second city, Motego Bay and a route connecting the first to Ocho Rios, the tourism city. The final product will add hundreds of miles of highways and new bridges and will be completed before the end of the decade. It represents the largest undertaking in Jamaica's history and will cost billions when it is completed.

Simultaneously, the airports have been upgraded as well as the ports. There have been improvements to a lot of the main roads in Kingston as well.

The reason I created this thread is to open discussion on these topics due to the lack of readily available information on it. Particularly, I want to know what Norman Manley International Airport will look like when its done. The rendering at the entrance seems unreal. Does anyone have any info?

getting renders about rpoyects in little island is very difficult, even in dominican republic that is a big island is pretty hard to get information about it. but the thing that i can tell you that when the sangster international airport in mobay is completed will can handle 8 milliones passangers in a year. i can tell you too that mobay has one of the most luxurios hotels in the caribbean call "rose hall" in mobay(montego bay for those one who doesnt know about the shortest name of that city). i can tell you too that the new firt minister of jamiaca portia simpson miller is the first one in the history of jamaica.

[Thskyscraper]

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/jamaica/- That give some info and pics of what they've done.

I'll try and find some more.

[dante2308]

Sabina(Kingston)

Greenfield(Trelawny)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Both the Sabina Park and Trelawny stadium venues in Jamaica are on course for a timely finish as the country prepares to fulfill its obligation of hosting matches in next year's Cricket World Cup.

Robert Bryan, chief executive of the Jamaica's Local Organising Committee, said the cement shortage several weeks ago did impact on the preparations, but noted he was confident of delivering the venues ahead of the ICC's deadline next February.

"Right now we are making great progress in terms of both venues. We expect Trelawny will be ready ahead of schedule as previously indicated, and the completion of Sabina Park will be hopefully by the end of November, but definitely no later than the second week of December," Bryan said.

25,000-seater project

The Trelawny Stadium, being constructed in the north-western parish of Trelawny, will be a 25,000-seater project and will host the opening ceremony on March 11 as well as pre-tournament matches from March 5-9.

... The cost of redevelopment of Sabina Park has been put at US$29 million while the Greenfield Stadium has been built to the tune of US$30 million....

[antonio0qs]

is the "agua de jamaica" from jamaica¿? it is a traditional mexican water

[dante2308]

The brand new toll bridge finished in July...



Portmore toll users surpass expected numbers

Trevor Jackson, managing director of TransJamaican Highway, has reported that the number of vehicles which used the toll road yesterday morning surpassed the expected 8,600.

* By 10:00 o'clock yesterday morning, 10,200 vehicles had actually used the roadway.

* Minister of Information and Development, Colin Campbell, at the post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday, said 16,000 vehicles passed through the toll bridge, on Saturday.

* On Sunday, 17,000 vehicles passed through the toll bridge.

[dante2308]

Originally Posted by antonio0qs

is the "agua de jamaica" from jamaica¿? it is a traditional mexican water

Heh, who knows?

[dante2308]

Found one version of the new construction.

[wiki]

Originally Posted by dante2308

Found one version of the new construction.

i like it, um does your under message is from the song one love from bob marley?

[dante2308]

(Isn't Jamaica pretty)

FUTURE EXPANSION


Based on the Terminal's performance, The Port Authority of Jamaica – in keeping with the Government's mandate, has began a 4th Phase expansion since 2004 February. The new development will see:


*Reconstruction of the existing 445 metres of berth at the North Terminal, plus construction of an additional 90 metres of berth.

*Extension of the berth at the South Terminal by 91.1 metres.


*Paving of 29 hectares of yard space on the South Terminal.


*Paving of 21.6 hectares of yard space on the North Terminal.


This expansion will add a further 300,000 TEUs, which represents a 25 percent increase in capacity. Total capacity will therefore be 1.5 Million TEUs.

[Thskyscraper]

Those are some neat projects. I really like the stadiums.

[dante2308]

NCB. Owned by Jamaica's billionare. This building is small, but it has a panoramic view of downtown, uptown, the ocean, and the mountains. They let me in and I love going up there.


Just some beauty shots.

[wiki]

Originally Posted by dante2308

NCB. Owned by Jamaica's billionare. This building is small, but it has a panoramic view of downtown, uptown, the ocean, and the mountains. They let me in and I love going up there.


Just some beauty shots.

dammmmmm jamaica is hot, from wich parish are you from? kingston, mobay, por antonio? where?

[dante2308]

I lived in Kingston last. I'm in the US now, though I go back once or twice a year.

[lmcm1990]

dante: you should invite other jamaicans (specially from ssc). since a jamaican sub-forum can't be opened because you'll eed at least 15 people, you should ask a moderator to make this thread (or a new one) a sticky.

[dante2308]

Mona Reservoir

Note: The following two articles are about the improvements to the energy and water infastructure. Note that Jamaica is a very rural country with large mountainous areas and several very old and very remote rural communities nestled in hard to reach areas. This represents a huge investment and a huge move. Note the estimated cost of the project. My friend who works for the ministry says that everything is on schedule and this will become a reality.

Ministry Confident of Total Access to Potable Water by 2010
BY: ALICIA DUNKLEY

Director of Water Policy and Research in the Ministry, Patricia Snow tells JIS News that foremost among the Ministry's strategies for the new legislative year is the introduction of a new draft Bill, 'The Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act', which will indicate the roles and functions of all players in the sector.

Miss Snow says it is hoped that the Bill, which is to be brought before the Houses of Parliament soon, will be passed in this legislative year. The Act, in conjunction with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), will provide the parameters for the sector and will govern present players, the Ministry and other sector players, including the National Water Commission (NWC).

She explains that currently, the sector operates through the NWC Act, which is an institutional Act. However, the new Bill will be a sector wide Act, which will outline to parties, the process for licensing, approval and renewal as well as the role of the Minister and the avenues for appeals.

"We will at that point be harmonized in the sector and everybody will be placed on a level playing field. It will encourage private sector investment and provide a level playing field," she notes.

Also on the legislative side, the Water Resources Authority Act and the Flood Control Act are to be amended to allow the responsibility for the implementation of the provisions under the Act, to remain with the Works Ministry and transfer the responsibility for the legislative aspect to the Water Resources Authority (WRA). This, she says, is in a bid to plan for and manage flood control, a process, which is not exercised at present.

During the remaining five year period, the National Irrigation Commission, the WRA and the NWC will be making every effort to implement aspects of their action plans, in order to meet the 100 per cent access goal.

In this regard, the NWC recently developed its project programme and profile, which shows some 71 per cent access to potable water for rural, major towns and urban areas overall. The organisation's goal is to improve its reach to 85 per cent by 2010, provided funding is received. The Director says it is hoped that the remaining 15 per cent will be covered by private providers; the NIC, through the National Irrigation Development Plan (NIDP) and under the Rural Water Programme.

"We should be able to get to 100 per cent by then," she tells JIS News. The process is expected to cost between US$2 billion and US$ 3 billion, including the rural and major programmes.