Liberia: 'Important Tool' - U.S. Envoy Describes Roads - Commends Westwood

Gbarnga — United States Ambassador accredited to Liberia, Deborah Malac, has dedicated a 49 kilometer road in central Liberia, Bong County Liberia. Speaking during the dedication of the rehabilitated road in Bong County on Thursday through her proxy, Madam Barbara Dickerson, USAID Deputy Mission Director, the United States Ambassador said that access to markets and basic social services is a key ingredient in the fight against poverty.

She commended General Manager Mr. Samuel B. Cooper, III and Westwood Corporation, a Liberian-owned company, and other implementing partners for the rehabilitation of the 49 kilometers of farm-to-market roads in Palala, Bong County which was being dedicated, and also 36 kilometers in Lofa and Nimba which represents 85 kilometers of roads completed as part of the United States government-funded, USAID implemented farm-to-market roads rehabilitation project. She has pledged her government's continuous support toward Liberia's reconstruction drive.

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