Golding urges persons with heavy equipment to assist Gov't efforts to clear roads

• Published date: 12 November 2020
• Date: 12 November 2020

"I appeal for persons who own heavy equipment to demonstrate the true Jamaican spirit of love and care for each other to help in the effort to clear roads and drains and gullies," Golding said.

He was speaking at a ceremony at King's House on Tuesday, November 10, where he was presented with the Instrument of Appointment.

He noted that blocked roads from landslides and breakaways have cut off important means of access to communities and it is also vital that drains and gullies are cleared quickly as more rain is forecast in the coming days.

Golding is also encouraging citizens to assist persons adversely affected by the heavy rains in any way they can.

"This is a time to reach out to those in need and lay a helping hand to raise them up where they may be in need of assistance," he said.

The National Works Agency (NWA) reported on Tuesday that a number of roadways that were impassable have now been reopened. NWA teams working in affected parishes have, so far, cleared 11 of the 24 corridors that were blocked.

The agency also informed that landslides have been removed from some critical corridors in northern Clarendon and western St Thomas, while activities continue...