$30M MILO BUTLER UPGRADE WILL EXTEND TO COWPEN RD

By YOURI KEMP Tribune Business Reporter ykemp@tribunemedia.net

THE Ministry of Works and Utilities yesterday said the $30m upgrade to Sir Milo Butler highway will extend it beyond Carmichael Road through to Cowpen Road.

Francis Clarke, senior civil engineer at the ministry, told a media briefing by the Prime Minister’s Office that plans have now been drawn up for the roadworks but a start date has yet to be identified. “We are not going to cut through Faith Avenue, but its going to be parallel to Faith Avenue,” he said. “We’ll be going into some virgin land and there are some residential buildings there where we need to accommodate those people living in them.

“The design for the Milo Butler extension is completed. We’ve been trying to get that materialised