Highway 2000 will connect the capital of Kingston, Jamaica with Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, passing through St. Catherine, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Westmorelend, Hanover, and St. Ann. The highway is a four to six controlled-access, tolled motoway with grade separated interchanges and  intersections built according to modern international standards.

Highway 2000 is the centerpiece of a multi-year Millennium Projects Programme initiated by the Government of Jamaica announced by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in September 1999.  The main objective of these projects is to upgrade the country’s infrastructure and assist in providing economic opportunities for growth and the creation of jobs.

These Millennium Projects include the establishment of a new population center in mid-island, a Sports complex, the Milk River Spa, Vernamfield as a major cargo facility, four industrial parks, a Maroon Theme and the construction of Highway 2000.

The Project is being developed on a design, build, operate and transfer basis by Bouygues Travaux Publics, the Developer / Concessionaire selected through an internationally supervised and transparent bidding process.