NWA to dispatch team to flooded sections of Portland
A view of Matty Hole in Portland which was last week flooded.
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January 14, 2018

NWA to dispatch team to flooded sections of Portland

PORTLAND, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) says a technical team is to be dispatched to flood damaged sections of Portland tomorrow.

According to the NWA, the team, which will accompany Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, will be touring areas damaged by flood rains last week.   

More than 30 roadways in the parish were affected by rainfall during the period January 4 to 9 and at least one roadway, Bourbon to Maidstone, remains impassable.

The agency said its team will embark on a fact finding mission, with a view to generate solutions for the damages which are estimated to value over $140 million dollars.

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