His predecessor Thierry Parizot demitted office last Friday

TransJamaican Highway Limited (TJH), the operator of Jamaica’s East-West corridor of the Highway 2000 toll roads, has a new man at the helm today.

He is Ivan Anderson, managing director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC), which is the implementer of Jamaica’s toll road projects.

Anderson takes over from Thierry Parizot, who demitted office last Friday (April 16), having served as managing director of TJH for the past two years.

Anderson comes to the post at a time when TJH is moving forward with plans to acquire more toll roadway currently under construction in Manchester.

The road project is being undertaken by the Government of Jamaica through NROCC and is scheduled for completion in October 2022.

TJH wants to extend the toll road it manages to Williamsfield in Manchester from the Spanish Town and Old Harbour  in St Catherine and the May Pen leg in Clarendon along with the Portmore, St Catherine toll road.

The toll operator has a right of first refusal to own and operate the new leg of the highway, which is being constructed linking May Pen to Williamsfield.

Anderson is also stepping into the hot seat as TJH recovers from a severe shortfall in traffic volumes on the toll roads, as a result of the COVID-19 restriction measures, resulting in a marked decline in revenues.