POWER RESTORED TO PARTS OF OCHI, COMPLAINTS CONTINUE
Electricity returned to parts of St Ann near midnight Sunday but up to mid-morning Monday, July 8, many communities were still without power.
Complaints are widespread about what the lack of electricity is doing to many small businesses and vulnerable households. Barbers, hairdressers, and small cook establishments are among those blaming the Government and Jamaica Public Service (JPS)Company for losses they have suffered with the long periods without electricity.
Most roads were cleared up to Sunday after Beryl narrowed roadways to single-lane in parts.
(North Coast Highway near Salem, St Ann, after the hurricane. Roadway now cleared)
The cry in St Ann continues for electricity.
Parts of Ocho Ros and large communities near Drax Hall, St Ann’s Bay, and Runaway Bay got service Sunday night, four days after the grid was shut down as Hurricane Beryl approached Wednesday. Not all parts of Main Street have electricity in the tourist town.
Even so, some communities such as Greenwich Acres and parts of Steer Town remained without electricity Monday.
Electricity was restored in parts of Discovery Bay and residential communities nearby, Sunday night. However, parts of Main Street remained without power.
The entire town of Brown’s Town and surrounding communities remained without electricity. Bamboo was also without power, as were areas such as Wakefield, and surrounding communities of areas such as Timma, Johnson, and Clay Ground.
On Monday morning electricity was restored to the large community of Exchange near Ocho Rios but Marvins Park and a section of White River were still out of electricity.
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz is to give an update on the restoration of electricity and the utilities Monday afternoon at 3.
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