The Electricity Disaster Fund was established in 2004. It is among my priorities to have The OUR Jamaica review the Rules of Procedure of the fund. With approximately $45M USD in its coffers, the document governing its administration has not been updated since 2007. With more active

With the commissioning of the 100 CNG buses into the JUTCLTD fleet we have already expanded the Montego Bay Metro Fleet from 6 buses to 18 buses. That is an increase of 200%. This will also see the expansion of the metro service from the existing 5 school routes to 9 school

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Early morning today, addressing the concerns of commuters within the HWT Bus Park. Today I am Joined by Min. Fayval Williams as she assesses the impact of new buses on Back-to-School commute for students.

Pleased to have the Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Cabinet colleagues join me inside the HWT Transport Centre for this morning’s assessment of JUTCLTD operations for Back-To-School.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. BTW my sister said it's the first time in a long time she did have to wait 2 hrs for a 320 in New Kingston. Thanks again darylvazmp and continue the good work.

I want to make it the norm for leaders to engage in this manner without such expectation . Get used to it. Lots of insight.

Today I drove from the Half Way Tree Transportation Centre on one of our new CNG buses as we rolled them out for the first time to coincide with the start of the new school year. It was a cool and pleasurable ride made even better by a sweet young passenger on her way to her

I was growing concerned that the LOO was in the UK and unaware of Dr Clarke’s appointment considering that he has not extended public congratulations on the subject. Relieved to see that he is aware and has unashamedly made a political point of the matter.

This administration is conscious of the challenges facing persons with special needs within the transportation system and as such we have expanded the number of Buses for persons with Special Needs or Mobility issues from 4 buses to 21 buses or a 425% increase. The Special

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC, this morning deployed more than 270 units across the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region, KMTR, for the start of the new academic year. The new CNG units are expected to reduce the wait times of users of the state-run transport service.

I know you couldn’t possibly be referring to the Ministry shirt.

The first thing we did upon receiving the 100 buses was to increase the capacity of Montego Bay Metro by 200%. Covering an additional 4 school routes this semester. We are defining the additional routes that will be incorporated in the next phase. Students from Hopewell High,

This morning I did assessments at 3 JUTCLTD bus terminals starting at 6:30am including: 📍Spanish Town Bus Terminal 📍Naggo Head Bus Terminal 📍Downtown Kgn Bus Terminal Along with teams from Transport Authority, JUTC and Ministry of Science Energy Telecomms & Transport, I observed the movement of commuters and

This morning I visited the Spanish Town Bus Terminal and assessed the movement of commuters and the deployment of buses. I am pleased that we have increased the fleet at this terminal by almost 100% ahead of Back-To-School. Moving from 15 buses serving all routes, we now have

Bright and Early. Making the rounds. Rural routes next.