A commissioner of roads to head the One Road Authority — Morgan

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A commissioner of roads is to be appointed to head the still-being-discussed One Road Authority.

Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan, made the announcement on Wednesday during the post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House. He also disclosed that Cabinet has given instructions for the formation of the authority, which will operate as a level B executive agency.

Morgan explained that the commissioner will have responsibility for regulating all roads. He will have supporting him, “a large cohort of regulatory officers including legal officers”. In this regard, Morgan said that in the future, “if somebody meets in an accident and destroys brand new light poles that we’ve put on the roads and which have cost us billions of dollars, we’re going to claim on their insurance”.