Phase 1 of the Airport Connector Road will open to the motoring public on Friday afternoon, 22 Dec., the National Roads Authority has announced.
When fully completed, the four-lane, two-mile-long road will link the Esterley Tibbetts Highway to the Owen Roberts International Airport.
The road is being named in memory of Jay Bodden, who passed away in 2009. He is credited as having helped Grand Cayman develop a modern transportation system.
The first phase, which cost $10.2 million to build, opens at noon Friday.
It will extend from the Esterley Tibbetts Highway to the Water Authority Sewage Treatment Plant at Alie B Drive, with internal roads providing access to the North Sound Road and Sparky Drive intersection, the NRA stated.
The project broke ground in August 2020.
Back in June, Infrastructure Minister Jay Ebanks told legislators work on the first section of the road would be completed by September, but delays pushed that date back to the end of this month.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official road opening will be held at 10:30am Friday.
“The public is kindly reminded to travel along this area with caution and observe signage as they become familiar with this new route,” the roads authority said in a statement.
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