Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha during a visit to the Upper Corentyne yesterday announced that Cabinet had given a no objection to the design and supervision of the 25-kilometre road which will stretch from Number 52 Village, to the Canje Creek, Corentyne, and is expected to open up approximately 10,000 acres of land.
The road is expected to cost $1.7 billion, Mustapha disclosed yesterday.
However, at the meeting which was held at a school in Number 63 Village, Corentyne, farmers, although welcoming the all-weather road project, strongly objected to the location and proposed that the road start instead from Number 58 Village to Canje Creek.
