BOB MARLEY MAY RECEIVE HIGHWAY IN HIS HONOR

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Reggae legend Bob Marley may be honored once again, with a proposed highway in his name. Ras Astor Black, who recently arranged the first Reggae Walk of Fame Awards, is advocating for Marley’s name to be officially ingrained into a new highway being built in Jamaica.

“The Hon. Robert Nesta Bob Marley worked tirelessly in spreading reggae music and the message of Rastafari worldwide,” said Black.” Through his work, he gave the world profound and beautiful music and at the same time, promoting our island home, Jamaica, and we are proposing and asking that the Northern Coastal Highway be named the Bob Marley Highway to give the respect and gratitude in his honor.”

Black is currently seeking approval Jamaica’s National Work Agency (NWA) and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Desmond Malcolm, project director for the North Coast Highway Improvement Project noted,” It will give all of us a marketable address to do business on the Bob Marley Highway, visitors will want us to give them tours on the Bob Marley Highway, , and we will see our own Jamaican brothers and sisters exploring and learning more about our reggae culture on the Bob Marley Highway.”

Currently in Jamaica, there is one road named after the reggae superstar, however, Bob Marley Boulevard attracts few tourist. The boulevard runs through Cooreville Gardens, Jamaica on the western edge of the capital.