WATCH: KSAMC rolls out new parking arrangements for taxi operators

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation is rolling out new parking arrangements for taxi operators in Downtown Kingston, in a move to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety.

The new parking arrangements are expected to begin as a pilot project, with over 2,500 taxi operators expected to benefit from the rollout.

“Myself and my team have been lobbying for parking downtown for well over seven years. But over the past two years and some months, we have been, with this new mayor, we have been going at pace, actually on a monthly basis and therefore, the hard work he has put in with the KSAC team has paid off today and I think we have more to do. We’re coming to Half-Way -Tree and Papine shortly, but right now we’re going to focus on downtown to see what can be done in terms of discipline, and then we’ll move to other areas,” said Edgerton Newman, president of TODSS, Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services.