Highway 2000 is a bold, transformative Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project that impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jamaican citizens on a daily basis. At a total cost of US$1.3 billion, Highway 2000 remains the largest project ever implemented in Jamaica, and signalled that the country has the capacity to implement large, complex projects of its kind.
This case study contrasts both phases of Highway 2000, and seeks to draw lessons of experience from the radically different approaches to project origination, financing and implementation.