KINGSTON, Jamaica — Starting Tuesday a section of Waltham Park Road in St Andrew between Delacree Lane and Howard Avenue will be reduced to single lane traffic.

The closure is to facilitate drainage improvement works on the roadway. The restriction will be in effect for two weeks.

Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency, Stephen Shaw, explained the team will be cleaning a blocked culvert.

He said the work will include the cutting of the roadway to access the culvert and then the cutting of the top of the 1800 mm culvert to allow for access to clear the blockage. A reinforced concrete catch basin will be constructed at the section of the culvert that is being cut.

During the period of closure, individuals entering Delacree Lane will have to use Howard Avenue. Persons heading to Hagley Park Road from Waltham Park Road may turn onto East Road then turn left onto Rainford Road and then onto Hagley Park Road.

The NWA is urging all road users to exercise caution when travelling within the construction zone and to obey the instructions of flag persons and posted warning signs.