Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr cuts the ribbon to the Back Street farm road as State Minister, while the Honourable Franklin Witter 2nd right) and Member of Parliament for Northwest Manchester, Mr. Mikael Phillips (left) and Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Mr. Winston Simpson (right)look on. The occasion was the National Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme Official Farm Roads Opening held at the Back Street and Grass Piece, Manchester, on Thursday, December 15,2022.
Over 100 farmers in Northwest Manchester are now better able to transport their produce to markets, with the rehabilitation of the Back Street and Grass Piece farm roads under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ National Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme.
The roads, which were in deplorable conditions and presented safety concerns, received much-needed improvements at a cost of $17.03M.