Dear Editor,
On January 1, 2016 the Toll Authority increased the toll charges for some categories of motor vehicles using the Portmore toll. For example, some motor vehicles’ toll charge used to be $290 per trip and now it has been increased to $550 per trip.
It is no secret that the citizens of Portmore are plagued with never-ending toll charge increases; we think the time has now come for a permanent solution so we don’t have to feel like second-class citizens in Jamaica.
The Passage Fort Citizens’ Association is now putting forward a recommendation for a permanent solution. The recommendation is, we are asking for a new road to be built by the train line entering from the Dyke Road at Soapberry, with this road existing and entering into Marcus Garvey Drive.
The money to do this could come from funds that are earmarked to develop Mandela Highway and money from the gas tax that are being collected for road infrastructure improvement, plus from the property taxes that is being paid by Portmore residents.
The Passage Fort Citizens’ Association is now calling upon the Government for an early implementation of this recommendation to avoid social unrest in Portmore, because the residents of Portmore are at their highest peak of frustration at this time.
As one of the longest-running citizens associations in Portmore we are calling on the Government to act with dispatch.
Passage Fort Citizens’ Association
donald.gordon961@gmail.com
On January 1, 2016 the Toll Authority increased the toll charges for some categories of motor vehicles using the Portmore toll. For example, some motor vehicles’ toll charge used to be $290 per trip and now it has been increased to $550 per trip.
It is no secret that the citizens of Portmore are plagued with never-ending toll charge increases; we think the time has now come for a permanent solution so we don’t have to feel like second-class citizens in Jamaica.
The Passage Fort Citizens’ Association is now putting forward a recommendation for a permanent solution. The recommendation is, we are asking for a new road to be built by the train line entering from the Dyke Road at Soapberry, with this road existing and entering into Marcus Garvey Drive.
The money to do this could come from funds that are earmarked to develop Mandela Highway and money from the gas tax that are being collected for road infrastructure improvement, plus from the property taxes that is being paid by Portmore residents.
The Passage Fort Citizens’ Association is now calling upon the Government for an early implementation of this recommendation to avoid social unrest in Portmore, because the residents of Portmore are at their highest peak of frustration at this time.
As one of the longest-running citizens associations in Portmore we are calling on the Government to act with dispatch.
Passage Fort Citizens’ Association
donald.gordon961@gmail.com