The Government continues to undertake land acquisition for the Port Antonio bypass in Portland, while ensuring that the rights of citizens along the proposed path are secured.

Speaking recently during the opening of the rehabilitated Caenwood Road in the parish under the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) programme, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan, said that the bypass is now at approximately six per cent.

“We are doing a very intense process of land acquisition because we have to fairly compensate persons who have land which is in the path. We have had several consultations, which our Director of Communications at the National Works Agency was [a part of], to reassure the residents of Portland of the Government’s interest in securing their rights,” Morgan said.