Bad roads hurting south coast tourism

TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — Tourism stakeholders in Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s south coast are demanding urgent repairs to the main road linking the area to Montego Bay via eastern Hanover and southern St James, warning that its deplorable condition is already driving a spate of booking cancellations ahead of the crucial winter tourist season, which runs from mid-December to April.

The section of the main road badly scarred with potholes stretches from the Westmoreland/Hanover border through Ramble to Anchovy in St James.

Well-known hoteliers Jason Henzell and David Folb, as well as Transport Manager Darin James last Wednesday expressed frustration over the deplorable road.