Hopes were high and a whole lot of praises heralded the promise of the coastal highway linking the impoverished Southern Liberia to the rest of the country. The construction of the coastal highway was first mentioned by President Weah when he addressed members of the 54th Legislature for first time on the state of the nation and his legislative agenda in January this year. Senator Chie, also a mining engineer, said constructing the coastal highway would be very costly because on the number of rivers along the coast leading to that region. “When the President said he was going to build a coastal highway, he did not mean constructing a new road along the sea like the one you see behind Budget Bureau. Finance Minister Samuel Tweah recently told Liberians in the United States of America that portion of the loan would be used for the pavement of Buchanan–Cestos City–Greenville Barclayville Road Project, the Barclayville–Sasstown Road Project, the Barclayville–Pleebo Road Project, the Medina-Robertsport Road Project, the Tubmanburg–Bopolu Road Project and other associated projects.

Source: Front Page Africa May 01, 2018 18:06 UTC