More than half a century after the commissioning of the roughly 45-mile Soesdyke-Linden Highway, the vast expanse of land that sits off its shoulder is still to fulfill the purpose for which it had been designated. The construction of the highway and the attendant opening up of the adjoining lands occurred at a time when the invention of slogans associated with expanding the agricultural sector were politically fashionable. So that the lands adjoining the newly built highway were not only intended to provide more home-owning options for Guyanese dwelling in less than convivial circumstances in various other parts of the coast, but also to open up a new agro-industrial frontier that would add another string to the bow of the country’s economy. Up until now the dream remains as far as ever from reality.
