The construction of an all-weather road in the Wales backlands that would enable private farmers to transport cane to the Uitvlugt estate following the planned closure of cultivation at Wales, would be out for tender in the next two weeks.
Finance Director of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim, told Stabroek News in an interview that the project, which would be funded by GuySuCo would cost a “substantial sum.”
He said a bid should be approved in a few months when the work would commence and should be completed before the start of the first crop next year. Some of the farmers who depend solely on cane cultivation were concerned that they would have to transport the