Mott MacDonald completes Jamaican project

Engineering firm Mott MacDonald has completed its 30 month commission to assist the Jamaican government with the management of its highways.
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Engineering firm 2579 Mott MacDonald has completed its 30 month commission to assist the Jamaican government with the management of its highways. This ended with the organisation of a week-long tour for engineers from Jamaica to visit Hampshire County Council's (HCC) highways authority in the UK. During the tour the engineers were shown how HCC manage and maintain roads in terms of network hierarchy, maintenance priorities as well as longer term strategies such as operation restore and resilience. Asset management was also a principal theme for the visitors, due to Jamaica's resource rich yet finance poor environment.

HCC and Mott MacDonald helped the engineers realise the maximum benefit of utilising resource rich areas. Throughout the commission, which was funded by the 1116 European Union, Mott MacDonald provided the Jamaican government with technical guidance in institutional strengthening and improving road maintenance. HCC's highways authority was chosen as it was named number one for county councils with residents' overall condition of highways in the south east of England in the 2010 National Highways and Transport Public Satisfaction Survey.

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