Chief Roads Engineer Leon Goring said preparatory works for the expansion of both the East Coast and East Bank four-lane highways are moving apace.
Goring, who is attached to the Ministry of Public Works, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that along the East Coast – from Better Hope to Montrose and from Montrose to Golden Grove – the reserve is being developed to accommodate the construction of concrete drains measuring 11,000 to 12,000 feet along both sides of the road. He also said between the inside edge of the concrete drain and the road will be filled with sand and utilities will relocated, as the first phase of the project gets underway.
Kelvin Clarke, engineer in charge of the East Coast expansion, said most of the sand filling to the unconstructed areas in
