(From left) Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Dr Morais Guy shares in conversation with Leonard Green, second vice-president of the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA); Bobby Hammond, third vice-president and road safety chairman; and Custos of St Andrew Marigold Harding at Wednesday's launch of the JGRA's National Road Safety Awareness Month at the Total Gas Station in New Kingston. At the launch, Dr Guy announced that Government is working on a number of initiatives to improve road safety and reduce road crashes. These include the training of personnel, bolstering road management capabilities, and putting relevant policies and programmes in place. He said that under the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Road Improvement Programme, the ministry has been working diligently to strengthen the country's road safety capabilities in a number of areas, including road safety audit management; crash data system; crash investigation, analysis and reconstruction; defensive driving; and road safety engineering. (PHOTO: JIS)
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