WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that a section of the Negril main road in Westmoreland will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic on Sunday, August 13.

The roadway, the NWA said, will be closed in the vicinity of Hammond’s Bakery between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Region, Janel Ricketts, explained that the roadway is being closed to facilitate repairs to a section of roadway that has been compromised.

“During the period of closure, motorists travelling from the direction of Savanna la Mar, towards the Negril town centre may turn left at the Rubis Negril Service Station, travel along the Red Ground roadway, then turn right, in the vicinity of the Archer roadway, turn right onto the Chapel roadway and then proceed onto the Negril main road. Motorists travelling from the direction of the Negril town centre towards Savanna la Mar may travel via the Chapel and Red Ground roadways,” the NWA said in a statement on Saturday.

The NWA is reminding motorists to obey the posted warning signs and the instructions of flag persons.