Dear Editor,
The most recent toll increase brings into sharp focus the issue of the concession entered into by the Government and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build a toll road from Kingston to Ocho Rios. The agreement which the Government, through National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), signed with the Chinese would have taken into consideration a price range for the setting of toll charges on the roadway.
I am calling on the NROCC or the Ministry of Transport and Works to tell the country what agreements have been reached on the level of the toll to be charged by the Chinese. And what is the agreement governing increases in that toll?
It amazes me how tolerant Jamaicans are of the lack of transparency from the Government on matters like these that affect our daily lives. We are also a very reactionary peopel and prefer to wait until the horse has galloped through the gate then we mount demonstrations. Over to you, Dr Omar Davies.
Donald Brown
Kingston
dondbrown68@yahoo.com
The most recent toll increase brings into sharp focus the issue of the concession entered into by the Government and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build a toll road from Kingston to Ocho Rios. The agreement which the Government, through National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), signed with the Chinese would have taken into consideration a price range for the setting of toll charges on the roadway.
I am calling on the NROCC or the Ministry of Transport and Works to tell the country what agreements have been reached on the level of the toll to be charged by the Chinese. And what is the agreement governing increases in that toll?
It amazes me how tolerant Jamaicans are of the lack of transparency from the Government on matters like these that affect our daily lives. We are also a very reactionary peopel and prefer to wait until the horse has galloped through the gate then we mount demonstrations. Over to you, Dr Omar Davies.
Donald Brown
Kingston
dondbrown68@yahoo.com