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Cowpen, A Road Runs Through It
Fri, April 28, 2017
Earlier in the news, we told you how the European Union contributed to the new Metrology Lab. Well, they have also contributed substantially to Belize's Road network. The latest example is the 2.3 mile Cowpen Road which was opened yesterday in the Stann Creek District. Agriculture Minister Godwin Hulse says it is a road to the future:...

Hon. Godwin Hulse, Minister of Agrilculture
"And when you see a beautiful road, when you see electricity running down and 3 phase at that, when you see lovely buildings at the front, when you see nice lake, when you see high school, it lifts everybody and when it lifts everybody, it gives that energy to produce and to do better and to keep the industry going."

"This is a highway right into Central America, without a bump on the road. Especially if you go through Jalacte without a bump on the road and that's a magnificent achievement. Thank you EU. You can get there without a bump on the road and that is the way to go. We can pull trucks into Central America."

H.E Malgorzata Wasilewska, EU Ambassador
"Together the EU has supported the agricultural sector in Belize on specifically related sugar and banana works to the value of close to 100 million Euros in recent years. That's quite a lot. It's almost 20 years of support."

Hon. Rene Montero, Minister of Works
"This partnership between the European Union and the government of Belize will soon see the start of a new project which is the paving on the Hopkins Village streets with improvements to the weather system of approximately 3 kilometers with upgrades of 10 school bathrooms, health centers for Independence and Bella Vista, water systems for 4 villages along the Hummingbird Highway and improvements through the entire country of Belize. No single partnership has born so much fruit."

The upgrade cost $ 4 million Belize Dollars. and if you want to know why these few miles are so important, 20% of all bananas exported by Belize are produced by Go Banana Farms 1, 2, and 3. Three quarters of the 600 workers on that farm live in Cow Pen.

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