Some parishes that were not severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa are also set to benefit from significant expenditure under the Government’s $1.7 billion ‘Go Programme’ which is mandated to patch main roads across the country.

“We did say that a majority of these resources would be spent in the western parishes that were most devastated by Hurricane Melissa but the reality of it is that all across the island there is damage to roads,” said Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan.

He was speaking Wednesday during an appearance at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House where he provided an update on the Go Programme. The works minister said approximately 200 roads will be repaired under the the programme by the end of March.

Morgan shared that in Clarendon, $206 million will be spent for repair works on main corridors such as Four Paths to Guinep Tree, Hazard Drive and Bustamante Highway. This is in addition to Whitney Turn, Four Paths to Freetown, Salt River Road, Rastaman Corner, Portland Cottage, May Pen to Chapelton, Colonel’s Ridge to Kellits, Spalding, Cave Valley, Pennants, Frankfield, Summerfield and Trout Hall.

For Kingston and St Andrew, $300 million will be spent on corridors such as Mannings Hill Road, Washington Boulevard, Duhaney Drive, Perkins Boulevard, Red Hills Road, Elizabeth Avenue, Slipe Road, Golden Spring to Stony Hill and Stony Hill to Manor Park.

Other roads to be addressed in the corporate area include Weymouth Drive, Arcadia Drive, Shortwood Rod, Olympic Way, Bay Farm Road, Seward Drive, Waltham Park Road, Sony Hill to Tom’s River, Long Lane, Old Stony Hill Road, and Papine Square to Gordon Town.

Morgan said the total spend in Kingston and St Andrew will actually be in the region of $500 million.

He told the media briefing that St James will benefit from expenditure of $130 million on main corridors including the entire township of Montego Bay which takes in Barnett Street, Howard Cooke Boulevard and St James Street.

Also to be addressed in the second city are Anchovy to Shettlewood and Redding to Anchovy.

Over in Trelawny, the Government will be spending $107 million. Patching works will take place on the Salt Marsh main road, Bengal Bridge, Falmouth, Duncans, Long Pond, Highgate, Wire Fence, Warsop, Jackson Town among others. Morgan said his aim of listing the various corridors to be worked on is to let the public know that the Government has acknowledged the extent of the problem “but solutions are coming. And some have already started”.

He also shared that $100 million is to be spent in Westmoreland, separate and apart from works already underway to rehabilitate roads that were washed out by Melissa.

Some of the roads to be addressed in Westmoreland are: Gooden’s Glasgow, Bartlett’s River, Negril, Dunbar’s River, Torrington, Scott’s Cove, Chester Castle, Jack’s Gate, Ferris, and Mackfield.