Lower Chapelton to Rock River main road in Clarendon closed
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The main road from Lower Chapelton to Rock River in Clarendon has been closed with immediate effect.
The National Works Agency (NWA) said the road is one of several in the parish that were impacted by heavy rains over the last five days.
The agency’s Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, said that the decision to close the road was made following another inspection late this afternoon, as a section of the road broke away during the heavy rains, while a retaining wall also collapsed.
Shaw said the two failures along the road have resulted in serious dangers being posed to the motoring public who may decide to use the corridor.
He is advising that persons inconvenienced by the closure of the main road from Lower Chapelton to Rock River, use the alternative route through Turners.
In the meantime, Shaw said that Jobs Lane in St Catherine in the vicinity of the Examination Depot remains closed due to a failure of a culvert and that the main road from Bartons to Old Harbour also in St Catherine is impassable at Big Pond, due to flooding.
The NWA is also monitoring the main road from Aberdeen to Windsor, where a section of that road is now under water. Motorists are being advised to exercise caution along that corridor.
