You will notice the drains/canals that run parallel to the road. They are located between the swamp and the road. They are designed to trap the water before it reaches the road. The water is transported to designated locations where it is routed under the road to the sea.
Another great video!!!! I see this as a never ending problem… I traveled through this area a few days ago and I was dumbfounded to see soooooo many areas with water rushing along side the roadway.I hope they revisit their original plans for this project and come up with something more sustainable , but more importantly a plan that MAKES SENSE. ❤❤❤ Drone View❤❤ ❤
If that is the lowest point in that area, I think they should elevate the roadway in that section. That way traffic can still flow during rainfall, as the water discharge from the mountains and the immediate sloped areas can flow without damaging any property.
Hello, Drone View thank you for this another great video vlog! Anyways let me get right to the point! The roads on the water front is not build right! The roads needs to be build with a raise and slant heading towards the sea with draining spots along the retaining walls! In otherwards the road is build too flat it needs to be build on a degree slant! With the slant the rain water will slide easy towards the drains and to the sea! Now in Land all roads or streets should be built with an arch slant from the center of the road! This means that when the rain falls heavy the water will slide faster in to the curve and channels and head strath in to the drains! Witch i could show you a drawing of what i meant but the engineers should understand me! Well that's my opinion!!🌎🛣👀
It's quite obvious the more they RAISE the road the less water ACCUMULATES on it. Something MOTORISTS have been SAYING for a while. Glad the contractor is LISTENING.
I still think they need to test the water that is accumulating in the swampy area that has to find its way to the lowest point, namely the sea. If the water is fresh, then we have a spring or river head that could be tapped for potable water. If the water is brackish, then we have an under ground fissure connected to the sea so the sea water is backing up on the hinterland. Once this is identified then proceed to identiffy a fix. I believe this has been ignored since they are trying hard to speed up completion and contain the cost. This area was once considered for part of the logistics hub initiative, I wonder what they would have found if they were to dredge the area.
Stop spreading lies. Show us the proof that CHEC is not doing the engineering in this area? By the way, Stanley Consultants Ltd. feasibility studies had a toll road going through the hills, not the current coastal routing. You people love praising CHEC when things look good, but then turn round blame other people when things don't look as good.
@@User-s8r7c JIS News Sectorial Presentation by the Honourable C. Everald Warmington Minister of State for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Mr. Speaker, I will now address matters relating to the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Noise often results in distortion of information and since I don’t wish for there to be any more mis-information in the public space, I am going to use the next few minutes to outline to this house the background to our position on the way forward with Segment One of the project. We inherited a plan based on a feasibility study that was completed in 2014 by Stanley Consultants out of the United States. I will share with this House some of the key findings and projections. Mr. Speaker, while not being the ultimate deciding factor in undertaking road development, the Economic Internal Rate of Return (EIRR)is a key component of the decision making process. Internationally, the threshold benchmark is 12%. What this means is that unless a project is likely to give a return of at least 12%, it is not feasible. Segment one (1) was divided into seven distinct sections, Segment two (2) has five sections. Follow me as I go through with this House the estimated construction cost and the EIRR for each. It is clear that the changes to the highway were not driven by the fact that a toll road was planned. It was driven by financial considerations. There was no mention by him that the plan his Government inherited was a toll road. You can search for and read his presentation if you want. It is out there in the JIS archive. I was able to download it and so can you. This notion that the changes were made because the current government wanted it to be a free road and not a toll road is totally bunk.
@@User-s8r7c I have seen so many references in various vlogs that the original design called for a toll road without any supporting facts. Please see below. RJR News Major road project announced 12:03 am, Thu December 17, 2015 “The Government has announced another major infrastructural project. Information Minister Sandrea Falconer on Wednesday revealed that a contract has been signed with China Harbour Engineering Company for the design and construction of two sections under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. The agreement covers road works from Harbour View in St. Andrew to Morant Bay in St Thomas. A section of the highway will be built to accommodate four lanes, 16 bridges, a flyover and subway. Financing of the project will be provided by the China Exim Bank.”
@@User-s8r7c Jamaica Observer Cabinet approves contract for US$385-m Southern Coastal Highway project December 15, 2015 “Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, said the project will involve the 43-kilometre stretch from Harbour View to Morant Bay at an estimated cost of US$385 million. The work is part of the segment from Harbour View to Port Antonio covering approximately 65 kilometres of roadway. Financing for the project is through the China Exim Bank and is being accommodated in the five-year public sector investment programmes covering the period 2016-2021. …The programme is scheduled to commence in the next financial year and is expected to be completed within three years. Project manager, National Works Agency (NWA), Alfonso Marshall, said proper structures will be built to ensure that the water will run off to the sea and not in the communities along the proposed highway.” Note: This is not the entire Observer article but wanted to pint out that NWA was appointed the project manager which indicates there was no intention to make it a toll road. Based on current practices in Jamaica, NROCC is typically the project manager for toll roads. Toll road was not mentioned in the article. Read it for yourself by looking it up by the headline.
@@snikwad5788Thanks for the info! The Prime Minister mentioned the toll road through the hills when he was in ST. Thomas a couple months ago touring the damaged sections of roads after hurricane Beryl. There is a video on Klarityflex Jamaica TV channel of him mentioning it. The video title is: "Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tours Damaged Sections Of St Thomas Road". At the 23:00 mark, he spoke about his administration's decision to improve the existing roads along the coast in order to benefit existing communities, instead of building a toll road inland as proposed by the previous administration. Nevertheless, the article from your second post indicates the government signed a contract with CHEC for Design and Construction. For people to keep saying CHEC has nothing to do with the design is totally ridiculous.
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This Leth Hall road needs to be higher with several box culverts taking water to sea
The road in that area has to be raised significantly so that the drain can be sloped to push water out
Appreciate the update 🙌🏻
You will notice the drains/canals that run parallel to the road. They are located between the swamp and the road. They are designed to trap the water before it reaches the road. The water is transported to designated locations where it is routed under the road to the sea.
Another great video!!!! I see this as a never ending problem… I traveled through this area a few days ago and I was dumbfounded to see soooooo many areas with water rushing along side the roadway.I hope they revisit their original plans for this project and come up with something more sustainable , but more importantly a plan that MAKES SENSE.
❤❤❤ Drone View❤❤ ❤
In the past, the water was rushing on the road. It is now rushing in the drains beside the road.
Thankz for this video., great job!
I don’t know how CHEC is going to handle this section of roadway , it looks so complicated to me. Thanks again for a great flight 👍🏽👍🏽
If that is the lowest point in that area, I think they should elevate the roadway in that section. That way traffic can still flow during rainfall, as the water discharge from the mountains and the immediate sloped areas can flow without damaging any property.
Hello, Drone View thank you for this another great video vlog! Anyways let me get right to the point! The roads on the water front is not build right! The roads needs to be build with a raise and slant heading towards the sea with draining spots along the retaining walls! In otherwards the road is build too flat it needs to be build on a degree slant! With the slant the rain water will slide easy towards the drains and to the sea! Now in Land all roads or streets should be built with an arch slant from the center of the road! This means that when the rain falls heavy the water will slide faster in to the curve and channels and head strath in to the drains! Witch i could show you a drawing of what i meant but the engineers should understand me! Well that's my opinion!!🌎🛣👀
It's quite obvious the more they RAISE the road the less water ACCUMULATES on it. Something MOTORISTS have been SAYING for a while. Glad the contractor is LISTENING.
Nobody realised that they would need exit points for water when they built the wall next to the sea? Who are these idiots building roads in Jamaica?
Why do we continue to build roads along the seaside?😮 Cost effectiveness? And then?
Great drone video bro this areas need great engineering skills to get it right streets has to lift above and drainage all around with Colbert ect
The drive is scenic but my answer to your question is to move the road more inland.
I feel they need raise some roads and concrete them then add asphalt to finish it off.
Did the complete the work on the road by Roselle Falls?
These guys can build a long over head bridge along this areas of the roads
This is one of the reasons why Andrew said that a new route will have to be built more inland because of these issues for the long term
This road is much too low. It will be flooded constantly if the drains remain so low.
This road should be in the higher zone.
I still think they need to test the water that is accumulating in the swampy area that has to find its way to the lowest point, namely the sea. If the water is fresh, then we have a spring or river head that could be tapped for potable water. If the water is brackish, then we have an under ground fissure connected to the sea so the sea water is backing up on the hinterland. Once this is identified then proceed to identiffy a fix. I believe this has been ignored since they are trying hard to speed up completion and contain the cost. This area was once considered for part of the logistics hub initiative, I wonder what they would have found if they were to dredge the area.
That road is a trouble but the Chinese and Jamaican will fit it in the end
Those walls will be gone soon,seaside should be packed with boulders first
This doesn’t even seem like a job been done by CHEC. This “improvement “ seems more like an afterthought 😅
You notice those thin plastic drains there are using? How long before the collapse under the weight of traffic? smh.
Theyre not creating mini rivers. The roads were built IN the watercourses- it was easier.
The ground is saturated! Raising the road on piles columns would be appropriate.
WILL they pay us for our insights? They are gettuing paid
The water is too STAGNANT and not FLOWING properly in those canals. Prime target for MOSQUITO breeding.
The engineering plans chec working off is causing all this they should be the one doing the design etc this project would be more advanced
Stop spreading lies. Show us the proof that CHEC is not doing the engineering in this area? By the way, Stanley Consultants Ltd. feasibility studies had a toll road going through the hills, not the current coastal routing. You people love praising CHEC when things look good, but then turn round blame other people when things don't look as good.
@@User-s8r7c JIS News
Sectorial Presentation by the Honourable C. Everald Warmington
Minister of State for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Mr. Speaker, I will now address matters relating to the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Noise often results in distortion of information and since I don’t wish for there to be any more mis-information in the public space, I am going to use the next few minutes to outline to this house the background to our position on the way forward with Segment One of the project.
We inherited a plan based on a feasibility study that was completed in 2014 by Stanley Consultants out of the United States. I will share with this House some of the key findings and projections.
Mr. Speaker, while not being the ultimate deciding factor in undertaking road development, the Economic Internal Rate of Return (EIRR)is a key component of the decision making process. Internationally, the threshold benchmark is 12%. What this means is that unless a project is likely to give a return of at least 12%, it is not feasible. Segment one (1) was divided into seven distinct sections, Segment two (2) has five sections. Follow me as I go through with this House the estimated construction cost and the EIRR for each.
It is clear that the changes to the highway were not driven by the fact that a toll road was planned. It was driven by financial considerations. There was no mention by him that the plan his Government inherited was a toll road. You can search for and read his presentation if you want. It is out there in the JIS archive. I was able to download it and so can you. This notion that the changes were made because the current government wanted it to be a free road and not a toll road is totally bunk.
@@User-s8r7c I have seen so many references in various vlogs that the original design called for a toll road without any supporting facts. Please see below.
RJR News
Major road project announced
12:03 am, Thu December 17, 2015
“The Government has announced another major infrastructural project.
Information Minister Sandrea Falconer on Wednesday revealed that a contract has been signed with China Harbour Engineering Company for the design and construction of two sections under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project.
The agreement covers road works from Harbour View in St. Andrew to Morant Bay in St Thomas. A section of the highway will be built to accommodate four lanes, 16 bridges, a flyover and subway. Financing of the project will be provided by the China Exim Bank.”
@@User-s8r7c Jamaica Observer
Cabinet approves contract for US$385-m Southern Coastal Highway project
December 15, 2015
“Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, said the project will involve the 43-kilometre stretch from Harbour View to Morant Bay at an estimated cost of US$385 million.
The work is part of the segment from Harbour View to Port Antonio covering approximately 65 kilometres of roadway.
Financing for the project is through the China Exim Bank and is being accommodated in the five-year public sector investment programmes covering the period 2016-2021.
…The programme is scheduled to commence in the next financial year and is expected to be completed within three years.
Project manager, National Works Agency (NWA), Alfonso Marshall, said proper structures will be built to ensure that the water will run off to the sea and not in the communities along the proposed highway.”
Note: This is not the entire Observer article but wanted to pint out that NWA was appointed the project manager which indicates there was no intention to make it a toll road. Based on current practices in Jamaica, NROCC is typically the project manager for toll roads. Toll road was not mentioned in the article. Read it for yourself by looking it up by the headline.
@@snikwad5788Thanks for the info! The Prime Minister mentioned the toll road through the hills when he was in ST. Thomas a couple months ago touring the damaged sections of roads after hurricane Beryl. There is a video on Klarityflex Jamaica TV channel of him mentioning it. The video title is: "Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tours Damaged Sections Of St Thomas Road". At the 23:00 mark, he spoke about his administration's decision to improve the existing roads along the coast in order to benefit existing communities, instead of building a toll road inland as proposed by the previous administration. Nevertheless, the article from your second post indicates the government signed a contract with CHEC for Design and Construction. For people to keep saying CHEC has nothing to do with the design is totally ridiculous.