There will be a new entrance to the Municipality of Portmore, revealed Robert Morgan, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Morgan made the disclosure on Wednesday at a post-Cabinet press briefing while updating the nation on the J$2 billion emergency road repairs, which is a part of the J$45b allocation for road and water infrastructure development.

“There’s a new entry to Portmore you guys know the traffic that is caused in the evenings right at that left turn to go onto the Dyke Road, said Morgan. “We’re gonna build a new entry to Portmore and that should start in this financial year… which will be of significant benefit to those going towards Spanish Town or towards the North-South highway as well as to those turning left to go to Portmore.”

But the minister didn’t explain exactly the starting point of the proposed entrance to Portmore.

On Tuesday, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, tabled in Parliament through the Counties and Parishes (Amendment) Act, 2025, a bill seeking to grant parish status to the Portmore City Municipality. When passed this would make Portmore the 15th parish of Jamaica.

This would be a historic milestone, as it will be the first time that a parish is being established in post-colonial Jamaica.

Plans are also afoot to expand the bridge over Sandy Gully on Washington Boulevard to allow for freer traffic flow.

Meanwhile, Morgan provided an update on the status of the road repairs across the island and the various contractual agreements as 14 Grade 1 contractors were engaged.

In the Corporate Area, Morgan announced that 50 per cent of the roads have been fixed in Kingston and 35 per cent in St Andrew over the last month at a cost of $150m.

He noted that the massive digging up of the road at Barbican Square is not the work of the government but instead of a contractor fulfilling the obligation and correcting faults. “It’s not costing the government a cent,” he reiterated.

Morgan noted and thanked individuals who patch roads on their initiative but warned against using cement, which makes it more difficult to repair these asphalted roads.