China Engineers Building Major Highways In Manchester Jamaica. May Pen to Williamsfield Highway.

[@Smithy1969]

Just love the quality of your videos, the comments etc hope god continue showering you with his blessing nuff respec bro

[@droneviewja]

Thanks bro 🙏

[@nfn4]

Drone View JA, you've raised the bar for coverage of the construction of the road network in Jamaica. I hope the other vloggers watch your channel and learn something from your coverage. They need to speak proper English and stop using so many cliche. Your coverage is like a well put together documentary.

[@droneviewja]

Thanks bro that means a lot 🙏 💯

[@venishalazarus1589]

Totally agree!!

[@denzilm6599]

Wow!! This is the best presentation of the Melrose Bypass leg. I think the project is delayed due to the addition of the entrance/exit at Glenmuir road. Also, I think the drainage at the yam park came about due to heavy rain, showing the contractors that it is needed. It doesn't matter when the project is completed, as long as it's properly done. Patience is a virtue!

[@droneviewja]

Yes, you are right

[@danroydsbarbadostravelvlog3057]

Here watching bro

[@orvilleclarke5647]

Brilliant drone footage. You are the best of KZbinrs covering the many developments. You coverage is well presented. Peace and love bro

[@donaldbarnett156]

One option for the yampark is to establish another yam park in that wide space that’s just a few hundred feet up the road on the Mandeville bound side.

[@justbdsd4569]

So they will have to fund new construction and land purchase when these people building the roads could have been more considerate?

[@thebennettfamily5739]

Beautifully done my kingdom Jamaica 🇯🇲 is beautiful 🤩 ❤

[@droneviewja]

Thanks you so much.

[@michealdixon-sx5km]

Good job as usual bro, we will be driving on the highway by August 6th

[@rupertbhenry3659]

Julian My Brother! Thank you for presenting another excellent and vibrant Birdseye View motion picture Video Vlog of that Brilliant "four lane Highways"! Now pertaining to the completion time i predicted witch is within the first, "(1/4 of 2024)" When i say that i mean the whole project from "May PEN to Williams Fields"! Remember now and Lison carefully i said within the first "(1/4)" of the new year witch will be next year! Within that "(1/4)" it could be January, or February, or it could be march! And that's my opinion! And who knows they may step up their games and Luckly flood the, work sight with more workers and more equipment's to get the job done on time any thing is possible! But there's one thing i know nothing never done before the right time!!!😎🌎🛣🌄🎥🎞

[@droneviewja]

@rupertbhenry, I first need to say , that call out was just to see how many people share that ending date and to getting the comments going brother Rupert , my guess date is November.

[@rupertbhenry3659]

@@droneviewja Well we will see!!!🤔

[@rupertbhenry3659]

@@droneviewja Well we will see!!!🤔

[@rhf457]

Don't think this will be finished by August 2023. Why is the drainage an after thought and not in the original plan? The Yam Park would have been a beautiful rest stop if they had split the road around the park instead of where they split it. I hope they widen the road to 3 lanes at the corner up to the Yam Park as this seem to be the steepest spot.

[@tboreactiontv]

You’re the best at this no joke respect ✊🏿

[@judahcentral9884]

Thanks for the update, please keep up the good work.

[@droneviewja]

Thanks, will do!

[@kenroythomas1903]

Thank you for the great work you are doing, I truly appreciate it.

[@droneviewja]

I appreciate that!

[@nigelhiggins1577]

The highway seems to be on track to be completed in August, I was initially hoping it would be opened by Independence weekend, but late August seems more likely. The progress at the new May Pen interchange will likely determine the completion date. In this regard, I'm looking forward to your next video of that section. In terms of Melrose Yam Park, the initial plan was to set up shops somewhere along the opposite side of the road. However, I'm not sure if that plan is still on, or if it has been scrapped.

[@droneviewja]

Thanks for the info.

[@nigelhiggins1577]

@@droneviewja no problem, and thank you for yet another awesome video.

[@nzchambers]

Thanks for another great video. I believe August is about right there is still alot of work left to be done at the may pen end. They still have to join the two highways plus take out the round about and straighten back the a2 main rd. That’s a lot of work that can’t be done in 2 or 3 weeks.

[@venishalazarus1589]

By far the best at what YOU DO!!!!

[@ChesterABaker]

Your music is entertaining also.

[@JamaicanDwaine]

9:25 Excellent question. They definitely need to find a creative way to get from the left side over to Yam 🍠 Park but I guess they're thinking of baring any potential loopholes to accessing the highway. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ChesterABaker]

You are very detailed in letting us know what is going on. We appreciate that very much. I think they will make their deadline in August. Thanks very much Drone video.

[@droneviewja]

You are so welcome

[@norrisdavis1639]

I wish we can use train from May Pen to Clarendon Park, Porus to Williamsfield...too much car...

[@mikejohnson3601]

Back in the early days I travel from Port Antonio to Spanish Town on train Old habour to downtown kingston

[@letmanharriott4575]

Wow wow very beautiful

[@droneviewja]

Thank you so much

[@CurtBJam]

How could you cut away from the cement truck? I am still wondering if the driver made it all the way down.....Great video as usual.

[@droneviewja]

The video would be too long bro.

[@lorinawilliams7362]

I ❤ what's going on, but I don't think it will be completely done by August!

[@jacquesbowen2160]

Thanks for the view,at 0:14 in the video about how much space is in between the two roadway,they could make that area for the yam park re-alingned the westbound roadway ,and even provide an acess for those comming from Porus to get on the highway to kingston.

[@droneviewja]

I see your vision, it has enough space for that to happen, what about the recreational area, would miss that.

[@nzchambers]

There was a discussion to built another rest stop on the left side at yam park. Until then you cannot access yam park going to Mandeville

[@droneviewja]

Ok.

[@koolshadetv5870]

Lot of improvement frm the last time I saw it.

[@MrKwrig15]

Think there is a overpass that’s going to be built r a specific lane to do a uturn..

[@dexterdixon1433]

The road is coming along nicely. Any updates on the road work in Mandeville.

[@droneviewja]

Soon

[@JustTreyToryy]

Nawmal 🔥

[@lalaland417]

@Drone View JA - What is the name of the song at 17:38. Your videos always have very good, non-distracting music👌

[@droneviewja]

All gas by King Sis, the name of the song

[@SpurTree]

Agree they should have built something for persons heading to mandeville can stop and purchase item over the yam park!! An exit should have been somewhere there

[@marvinmurray2269]

I think there will be stop light there

[@ordmarshall2213]

One thing that concerns me, is where does the water go after it runs off the highway. There are communities in a lot of low areas near the route, so if the water is just channeled away from the highway without a regard to where it goes, it can affect peoples homes and lives. You've shown us that the highway is going to merge into two lanes. Have they started any perliminary work, that you can see, on the next stretch of the highway towards St Elizabeth as yet? You have once again provided a top-notch and very informational video of the ongoing work on this highway(and you make it interesting) and I am truly appreciative of your good. Much thanks my brother.

[@droneviewja]

Thanks you support as always, the next time I will fly over the area where the drains are, i have heard that the other phase of the highway has been through it's preliminary work.

[@nigelhiggins1577]

There's vegetation in much of that area which will likely absorb some of the water. Plus, most of that area is limestone, which will allow a significant amount of water to seep through before flooding takes place. I think there would've been a greater concern if the area was urban.

[@donaldbarnett156]

That needs not be a major concern as the geological features of that area allow for the water to soak away into underground pockets. That’s why you don’t see flooding in most of Manchester and other areas of Jamaica that have that bauxite soil combined with limestone . There’s a lot of sinkholes that collect the water runoff. Plus that type of soil doesn’t get saturated.

[@gracebailey4734]

Yes...end of August it is

[@Jonoi876]

The road drainage almost complete so melrose bypass section will be complete by about 4 weeks time and entire highway 2000 project should complete by atleast last week in august

[@petrinegordon]

My brother drove the open parts of the road less than a week ago and he asked if people will have to drive though May Pen town to then get back on to the highway? He wasn't seeing where the road connects back. Is this a question you can answer? I'm going to try to look back at some of the videos to see.

[@droneviewja]

Check out the May Pen videos it shows how you will get on and off the highway, but you won't need to go into May Pen town.

[@petrinegordon]

@droneviewja Ok thank you

[@leonidriley5900]

Why is the dirt so red. Is it bauxite

[@droneviewja]

No, it's original color of the soil in that area, but areas you can find bauxite

[@justbdsd4569]

Will this be a toll? because the original bypass was pretty good too. Or I hope they at least fix back the old road as well!! What we needed was a highway to Ochi or Negril. Also exactly how will we enter the yam park from the other side and I hate the fact you can't even turn around. I live here and I don't find this at all that interesting because we have plenty of other roads that need to be fix

[@droneviewja]

Ok, this section of Melrose Bypass is not a toll road, and we do have a highway to Ochi called the North To South Highway. To enter the Yam Park going up Melrose Bypass you have to drive up to Williamsfield roundabout and back down the hill, it makes no sense right.

[@justbdsd4569]

@@droneviewja I know that highway but I thought maybe a highway through Christiana would be faster. Yeah and for Yam Park that would make no sense lol. Thanks for the video :)

[@droneviewja]

Keep supporting now ok

[@waynegrant158]

2 big projects going on both end of the highway so that time frame out of that date

[@waynegrant158]

Awesome

[@nfn4]

In my opinion, this highway will be fully completed by the fall of 2023. I drove the area about 4 times since last week, Thursday. From what I've seen at the May Pen bridge, entrance and exit ramps, and the drainage system improvement up the Melrose bypass, there is no way this highway can be fully completed before November of 2023. And that's not taking into consideration a tropical storm or a hurricane that could come into play.

[@nigelhiggins1577]

Two of the three drains on Melrose are virtually finished based on the recent update, by DVJa. In terms of the large drain, most of the casting seems to be finished, it seems as if the workers were removing the formwork. If that is the case, it's unlikely they'll take more than two months to complete the remaining work. As it relates to the May Pen underpass at the interchange, it was seemingly halfway complete based on the last video I saw. However, maybe I'm mistaken and overly optimistic about the completion date of the highway.

[@eaonarnold2893]

❤

[@kennoybrown3946]

I now have doubts of the august 2023 completion

[@andrewpalmer8444]

Once completed, I guess it will be costly to use this Highway

[@nigelhiggins1577]

My guess is, it will still be less than the cost of the North-South Highway. I think it'll be in the region of $1300 or $1400 from Ferry to Williamsfield.

[@marvinmurray2269]

September thats the due date

[@laswright6728]

Iove how u bring across the entire highway project's in Jamaica but my problem is the Manchester legs is almost complete and the St Thomas highway is still struggling to reach it peak what is the difference with these mega projects the St Thomas leg is lagging behind badly is it the local contractors gragging the project to milk it off millions of dollars this project need to speed up it's taking far too long to finish

[@rhf457]

You can't compare this highway with the St Thomas one as more than 50 % of the St Thomas highway is on existing roads and need to accommodate the usual traffic which cause much delays etc

[@droneviewja]

You said it yourself correctly, we need to learn that when we take from the projects we are taking from the people.

[@fitzroyfrancis7896]

I think they need 2 to 3 more months. The May Pen interchange is the bottleneck right now. But pus the Tol both area still need some me time in addition to that Melrose massive drain

[@martelsobieski2429]

Why didn't Jamaican engineers build the road?

[@droneviewja]

They don't have the skills to do the work, but they are their learning.

[@stevewalton4357]

Here first

[@droneviewja]

Thanks bro, I love the support.

[@laytongirard3]

not going to be finish for August

[@onemanagainsttheworld1630]

Even on the dirt roads they are still overtaking smh!! Now we see why the country got so much unnecessary accidents.. Can't wait and don't want to, typical crazing driving with people lives at stake..

[@dwilliams8187]

I love the presentations, but I hate the song that is being sang while showing us the presentations.. It would have been b🎉if they had ued reggae music but not dance hall trash...

[@droneviewja]

I understand, but all the reggae songs are Copyrighted, I want to be able to cover my traveling thanks

[@oralacampbell6017]

The end of the 2023/24 fiscal year is a more realistic completion deadline.

[@donaldbarnett156]

U joking right? No the August date if a bit uncertain because of the toll plaza and the major correction that they are having to do at May Pen. I saw that coming from the start ; how could you remove a major roundabout with replacing it with an interchange? What were they thinking?