A section of the Gordon Town Road being cleared after the passage of Hurricane Dean on Tuesday. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer

TWO DAYS after the passage of Hurricane Dean and the National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that 50 per cent of the 248 roadways which were affected islandwide by the onslaught are fully cleared.

According to a statement released by the agency, not only are some roads fully clear, but 89 others have been restored to single-lane access.

Among the roadways open are the airport road between Harbour View and the airport roundabout; the main road between Mandeville in Manchester and Scott's Pass and Tollgate in Clarendon and Kingston is open; and the roadway between Spanish Town in St. Catherine and Ocho Rios in St. Ann, as well as the Chalky Hill truck route between Golden Grove and Drax Hall are open.

Shelters

Up to press time, there were 157 shelters still open, housing 3,478 persons. According to Ronald Jackson, director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, this number is expected to fall as the week progresses.

Members of the public are encouraged to call the following numbers to makereports of blocked roadways in their communities which are not yet open: 968-0621, 383-1743-4 and 754-9094.

Blocked roads

Up to press time, the NWA reported that the following roads were still blocked:

Hanover

Kew Bridge to Great River

Glasgow to Green Island

Hopewell to Haughton Grove

Davis to Dias

Shettlewood to Chester Castle

Portland

Hectors River to Muirton

Muirton to Fair Prospect

Millbank to Bowden Pen

Seaman to Millbank

Bowden Crescent to Jango Gully

St. Thomas

Port Morant to Pleasant Hill

Morant River Bridge to Trinityville

Holland Bay to Morant Point

Golden Grove to Garvey Housing Scheme

Wheelersfield to Cedar Grove

Plaintain Garden River to Stokesfield

Harbour Head to Bowden

Friendship to Wilmington

Citron Valley to Banana Hole

Citron Valley to Burrowfield

Middleton to Citron Valley

Whitehall to Hillside

Belvedere to Halls Head

Yallas to Petersfield

Trinityville to Mount Vernon

Lloyd's to Lowe Mountain

Bethel Gap to Whiteford

Eleven Miles to Llandewey

Mount Sinai to Luke Road

Windsor Forest to Mahogany Vale

Westmoreland

Gooden's River Bridge Glasgow to Three Miles River

Chester Castle to Jacks Gate

Bog to Content

Hopeton to Auchindown

Manchester

Gutters to Downs main road

Decarteret main road

St. Elizabeth

Goshen main road