72 specialised vehicles arrived in Jamaica to boost electricity restoration after Melissa
Toriann Ellis / Our Today
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The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says 72 specialised vehicles, including bucket trucks, diggers, pole trailers, and pick-ups, have arrived in Jamaica to boost electricity restoration after Hurricane Melissa.
The vehicles were offloaded at Freeport, Montego Bay, on Sunday and will be used by a team from Holland Power Services crews.
“The newly deployed assets will be assigned primarily to Westmoreland and other areas of western Jamaica, where damage to the electricity network was most severe and where rebuilding and restoration activities remain most intense,” the company said in a statement on Monday.
Detommie Fuller, JPS manager for Business Continuity Resiliency and Contract Management, said the additional fleet will ensure linemen, working alongside Jamaican, Caribbean, and international crews, are fully equipped to restore power to the remaining 12 per cent of customers still without electricity.
JPS has approximately 700,000 customers.
The new arrival brings to roughly 160 the total number of specialised vehicles deployed since the hurricane struck the island on October 28, the company said.
Holland Power Services, one of three firms contracted by JPS for hurricane recovery, joins Tempest and Greystone in the restoration efforts.
The Government loaned JPS US$150 million (J$24 billion) to help speed up restoration.
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