By LEANDRA ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

lrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE government will start relocating the Road Traffic Department later this year, according to Transport Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis.

She said the department’s headquarters will be housed in a building next to the now-closed Mario’s Bowling and Entertainment Centre off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway.

She said the current location of the department is unfit.

“We’ve found a location, and we’re working on the renovations for that location,” she said, noting the Ministry of Works is monitoring the project. She could not say when the new location would be ready, but anticipates it could be by the start of the new year.

The department was previously located in the Clarence A Bain Building, which was demolished in 2020. The headquarters then moved to the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. However, workers have repeatedly complained about poor working conditions at the facility.