The Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture has an­nounced that the ad­di­tion­al third lane of the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way, from Ch­agua­nas to Chase Vil­lage, is now of­fi­cial­ly open for use by the trav­el­ling pub­lic. The new­ly con­struct­ed lay-by near Bhag­wans­ingh’s Hard­ware has al­so been par­tial­ly opened to ve­hic­u­lar traf­fic.

This de­vel­op­ment forms part of the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way Widen­ing Project, a ma­jor in­fra­struc­tur­al up­grade aimed at ex­pand­ing the high­way from two to three lanes in both north­bound and south­bound di­rec­tions be­tween Ch­agua­nas and Chase Vil­lage. The project is de­signed to ease con­ges­tion, im­prove trav­el times and en­hance safe­ty for the thou­sands of com­muters who use the cor­ri­dor dai­ly.

While the new lane is op­er­a­tional, the Min­istry con­tin­ues to car­ry out an­cil­lary and cor­rec­tive works un­der the De­fect Li­a­bil­i­ty Pe­ri­od to bring the project to full com­ple­tion.