WESTERN BUREAU:
At 2:00 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday), a road crew was hard at work outside the Ocho Rios Cruise Ship Terminal. They were continuing a job which had begun earlier.
The area falls in the St. Ann North East Division, where a by-election will be contested today.
Working under spotlights, the workmen patched the road, which is the conduit into Ocho Rios and also Jamaica's largest tourist attraction, Dunn's River Falls. By 10:00 a.m. there was no sign of the heavy machinery and flagmen and the road was in decent condition.
That project was not the only one on fast track just before polling day. Speaking at the last pre-election day People's National Party (PNP) mass meeting in Ocho Rios on Tuesday night, Minister of Water Karl Blythe trumpeted his rapid response prowess.
"CJ (PNP candidate Carrol Jackson) said to me I want water in Seville after I become Member of Parliament. I said how soon. She said one month. But I am the rapid Minister," he declared.
