Jamaica Highway 2000 Case Study Figure 9 North-South Link Project Timetable
Key: Milestones
Construction
The North-South Link was opened by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on March 23, 2016. This was CHEC’s first operating toll road outside of China, so they had to get acclimatised to operating conditions in Jamaica. JNSHC currently employs almost 200 workers, including five Chinese nationals, scheduled to be reduced to two.
In 2015 the Company sent three employees to China for technical and language training. Many ex-construction workers are currently employed as sub-contractors for bush cutting,
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Figure 10 Traffic on North-South Link 2016-2017
Source: NROCC
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Racquel Porter, “NWA signs US$64m deal with Chinese to widen Mandela Highway,” Jamaica Observer, July 22, 2016, http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/NWA-signs-US-64m-deal-with-Chinese-to-widen-MandelaHighway. Douglas McIntosh, “Cabinet Approves Contract with CHEC for Southern Coastal Highway,” Jamaica Information Service, October 27, 2016, http://jis.gov.jm/cabinet-approves-contract-chec-southern-coastal-highway/.