Free toll use on May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway until end of year
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Motorists eager to use the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 will be able to do so without paying a toll until December 31, 2023.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement during the official opening ceremony for the highway on Thursday.
“…. The Government has taken the decision to start tolling on December 31, 2023,” he said.
The highway is set to be opened at 4:00 pm.
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The May Pen to Williamsfield highway project — which will reduce travel time from Kingston to Mandeville and other points west — was originally scheduled for completion in October 2022. This was then changed to January 2023 and later to March 2023.
The highway project includes the design and construction of approximately 23 kilometres of a four-lane, arterial-divided highway on a new alignment and the upgrading of approximately five kilometres of the existing Melrose Hill Bypass to a four-lane, rural, arterial-divided highway.
— Kasey Williams