US EditionIn Guyana, remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline
- Authorities in Guyana are upgrading a nearly 500-kilometer dirt road into a major highway to boost the economy, as the country possesses the world's largest oil reserves per capita.
- The renovation project will cost almost $1 billion and includes constructing four highway sections and about 50 bridges.
- Juan Edghill, Guyana's minister of public works, stated that the finished highway will be 'a game changer in terms of where Guyana is going'.
- Michelle Fredericks anticipates significant development, as she plans to transition her snack stall into services for tourists.
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In Guyana, remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline
Through the vast interior of Guyana, a historic red dirt road known as "The Trail" winds through rainforest, plains and hills, linking the capital Georgetown to Lethem in the south on the border with Brazil.
"The trail", the track: it is the nickname of the road in red land connecting on nearly 500 km Georgetown, capital of Guyana, to Lethem, in the south-west, on the border of Brazil, and that snakes through equatorial forest, meadows and hills.Country with the largest reserves...
Lethem - "The trail", the track: it is the nickname of the red-earth road connecting nearly 500 km Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, to Lethem, in the south-west, on the border of Brazil, and which winds through equatorial forest, meadows and hills. The country with the largest oil reserves per capita in the world, Guyana, which elects its president on Monday, wants to take advantage of its new resources to transform the track into a major road…
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