80,000 JPS customers get back power

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it has restored power to 80,000 customers across the island in the last 24 hours.

It says the areas restored are predominantly in Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine and St Thomas, with several Trelawny and St James customers scheduled to be back on the grid early today.

The company says over 315,000 customers or 45 per cent of customers now have electricity.

It says today it will begin working to restore power to customers in the parishes of Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine, St Thomas, St Mary, Portland, Trelawny, St James, St Ann and Manchester.

Areas to which electricity has been restored:

St Thomas: Morant Bay, Church corner, Sections of Retreat, White Horses, White Hall, Pondside, sections of Yallahs, Belfast, Friendship, Belvedere, Pamphret, Princess Margaret Hospital

Kingston and St Andrew: Sections of Waltham Park, Bull Bay, Waterhouse, Sections of Arnold Road, Mountain View, Port Royal, Harbour View, Sections of Cherry Gardens, Barbican, Norbrook, Long Lane, Stillwell Road, Stony Hill, Sections of Temple Hall, Jacks Hill, East Kings House Road, Graham Heights, Constant Spring, Havendale, Old Hope Road, Queen Hill, Duhaney Park, Sections of Mona, Beverly Hills, Long Mountain, Manor Park, Waterworks, Lakehurst, Armour Heights, Shortwood Road

St Catherine: Sections of Greater Portmore, Braeton, Westport, Bridgeport, Edgewater and surrounding areas; Caribbean Estates, Sections of  De la Vega City, Sections of Spanish Town, Eltham, St John's Road, Job Lane, Beacon Hill, St Jago Heights, Thompson Pen, Sligoville,  Waterloo District, Greendale, Spanish Town Hospital

St James: Sections of Bogue, Queens Drive and surrounding areas, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Sangster International Airport.

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