ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Effective Monday, December 14, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be making traffic changes in the town of Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth.

The traffic changes are part of the NWA’s traffic management thrust to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow in the town during the holiday season.

According to a news release from the agency Friday, a one-way system will be implemented for a period of three weeks, ending on January 4, 2016.

Community relations officer for NWA’s Central Region, Howard Hendriks, said the one-way system will operate between the hours of 7:00 am and 8:00 pm Mondays to Saturdays, and on Sundays the corridors will revert to dual usage.

The release added that as a result of the changes, Main Street will operate as one way in a westerly direction, starting at the intersection of Coke Drive and Institution Drive. No right turning movement will be allowed from Coke Drive onto Main Street. The NWA said motorists wishing to exit the town for travel towards Mandeville should use Market Street, onto the bypass.

Motorists wishing to enter the Santa Cruz business district from the direction of Lacovia will have to travel along the bypass and use Institution Drive as an entrance point. No right turning movement will be allowed at the intersection of Market Street and the bypass, the news release continued.

Motorists who wish to travel to Malvern can use Retirement Road or travel to the end of the bypass, turn right and then left onto Centre Road.