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Sidewalks coming for West End, Negril</span>
By HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter
Thursday, February 17, 2011
NEGRIL, Westmoreland – Chairman of the business group Negril Cluster, Lenbert Williams has disclosed that his organisation has secured funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to begin upgrading sidewalks for pedestrians' safety in West End, Negril.
"The world must know that the Negril Cluster has secured funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to start the process of upgrading the community with sidewalks for pedestrians' safety, making the community more visitor friendly, induce prosperity for the area and better position the One Love Drive for village tourism," read a section of an e-mail sent by Williams which to the Observer West.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernne...0#ixzz1ERDaLzio
<span style="font-weight: bold">WHILE ON DI ODDA SIDE OF DI ISLAND </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">No fix in sight for Kingston's sidewalks</span>Auto
By Patrick Foster
Friday, February 18, 2011
TRAFFIC administrators, alarmed at mounting pedestrian deaths, have turned their focus on contributing variables as part of plans to stem the carnage.
Last year 116 pedestrians were among the 317 road traffic deaths and so far this year 14 have been killed from 38 reported traffic fatalities, according to data from the Ministry of Transport's Road Safety Unit (RSU).
Student use the roadway along Beechwood Avenue.
Pedestrian hazard along Oxford Road, close to head office of the National Housing Trust. (Photos:Lionel Rookwood)
Damaged sidewalk along Balmoral Avenue in Kingston, in other sections of the roadway linking Half- Way-Tree-Road and Maxfield Avenue the sidewalk is reduced significantly.
A pedestrian navigates the soft shoulder along Constant Spring Road, close to the intersection with Dunrobin Avenue pedestrians are forced to compete with vehicular traffic for road space.
Student use the roadway along Beechwood Avenue. 1/5
While administrators have cited negligence as a major cause of fatality, pedestrians in many sections of the Corporate Area, however, have little alternative but to walk in the roadways as sidewalks are either inadequate or non-existent.
Along the busy Constant Spring Road, for instance, in sections close to the intersection with Dunrobin Avenue pedestrians are forced to compete with vehicular traffic for road space.
And on Beechwood Avenue in the Kingston 5 area, the sliver of sidewalk in sections dictates that pedestrians use the paved roadway or walk single file.
Damaged or non-existent sidewalk along the busy Balmoral Avenue, linking Half-Way-Tree Road and Maxfield Avenue pose a constant threat to pedestrians.
All across the Corporate Area the scenario is replicated, either with obstructions in the sidewalks or a total absence.
However, despite the inconvenience and potential for loss of life, <span style="font-weight: bold">there is little hope </span>for any extensive remedial work to be done on defective sidewalks across the main Jamaican city in the near future.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/auto/...#ixzz1ERE7uucR
Sidewalks coming for West End, Negril</span>
By HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter
Thursday, February 17, 2011
NEGRIL, Westmoreland – Chairman of the business group Negril Cluster, Lenbert Williams has disclosed that his organisation has secured funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to begin upgrading sidewalks for pedestrians' safety in West End, Negril.
"The world must know that the Negril Cluster has secured funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to start the process of upgrading the community with sidewalks for pedestrians' safety, making the community more visitor friendly, induce prosperity for the area and better position the One Love Drive for village tourism," read a section of an e-mail sent by Williams which to the Observer West.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernne...0#ixzz1ERDaLzio
<span style="font-weight: bold">WHILE ON DI ODDA SIDE OF DI ISLAND </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">No fix in sight for Kingston's sidewalks</span>Auto
By Patrick Foster
Friday, February 18, 2011
TRAFFIC administrators, alarmed at mounting pedestrian deaths, have turned their focus on contributing variables as part of plans to stem the carnage.
Last year 116 pedestrians were among the 317 road traffic deaths and so far this year 14 have been killed from 38 reported traffic fatalities, according to data from the Ministry of Transport's Road Safety Unit (RSU).
Student use the roadway along Beechwood Avenue.
Pedestrian hazard along Oxford Road, close to head office of the National Housing Trust. (Photos:Lionel Rookwood)
Damaged sidewalk along Balmoral Avenue in Kingston, in other sections of the roadway linking Half- Way-Tree-Road and Maxfield Avenue the sidewalk is reduced significantly.
A pedestrian navigates the soft shoulder along Constant Spring Road, close to the intersection with Dunrobin Avenue pedestrians are forced to compete with vehicular traffic for road space.
Student use the roadway along Beechwood Avenue. 1/5
While administrators have cited negligence as a major cause of fatality, pedestrians in many sections of the Corporate Area, however, have little alternative but to walk in the roadways as sidewalks are either inadequate or non-existent.
Along the busy Constant Spring Road, for instance, in sections close to the intersection with Dunrobin Avenue pedestrians are forced to compete with vehicular traffic for road space.
And on Beechwood Avenue in the Kingston 5 area, the sliver of sidewalk in sections dictates that pedestrians use the paved roadway or walk single file.
Damaged or non-existent sidewalk along the busy Balmoral Avenue, linking Half-Way-Tree Road and Maxfield Avenue pose a constant threat to pedestrians.
All across the Corporate Area the scenario is replicated, either with obstructions in the sidewalks or a total absence.
However, despite the inconvenience and potential for loss of life, <span style="font-weight: bold">there is little hope </span>for any extensive remedial work to be done on defective sidewalks across the main Jamaican city in the near future.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/auto/...#ixzz1ERE7uucR
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