MANCHESTER, Jamaica— The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) says the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 will be opened to motorists Thursday at 4:00 pm.

“Motorists are being reminded to obey the posted signs and to drive safely,” an advisory from the NROCC said.

Up to early Thursday morning, it still isn’t clear as to what the toll fees for the highway will be. An opening ceremony is set to get on the way at 10:00 am at the Toll Gate Interchange.

The May Pen to Williamsfield highway project — which will reduce travel time from Kingston to Mandeville and other points west — was originally scheduled for completion in October 2022. This was then changed to January 2023 and later to March 2023.

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The highway project includes the design and construction of approximately 23 kilometres of a four-lane, arterial-divided highway on a new alignment and the upgrading of approximately five kilometres of the existing Melrose Hill Bypass to a four-lane, rural, arterial-divided highway.

— Kasey Williams