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First visible sign of Myton Gully bridge work commencement

Article By: Old Harbour News
  • Jan 06, 2023 04:30 PM | Featured, Top News, News

The northern side of the Myton Gully bridge being cleared today. (Photo: Peter Simmonds/Mystic5 Multimedia Services)

The first evidence of major work on the Myton Gully bridge was very clear today as workmen operating an excavator and a backhoe began clearing the area on the northern side.

This commences the first phase of the Big Pond/Myton Gully drainage improvement project, a natural disaster mitigation undertaking funded by the World Bank.

Phase one will see major expansion carried out between Myton Gully bridge and Claremont Housing Scheme at a cost of J$248 million.

Timeline of the project is 12 months, while Contraxx Enterprises Limited is the company tasked with executing the project.

During the next 12 months a new bridge will be built to accommodate dual lanes, while the gully is being expanded to hold the highest average amount of rainfall recorded in the last century.

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the state agency with oversight responsibility of the project, has given the assurance that construction of the bridge will have very little impact on the motoring public traversing that corridor of the Old Harbour Road.