A simple soil turning ceremony was yesterday held for the construction of a $327 million asphaltic concrete road at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said is one of six farm-to-market roads to be built this year.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mustapha said three of the roads will be constructed in Region Five.
“I see many, many farmers will benefit from this road, more than 30,000 acres of rice can be now [planted], new lands can be planted,” he said of the 5-kilometre road.