By Melissa JohnsonNEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A $5.9 million contract has been awarded to Associated Construction Company of Hampshire Village,Jerseys Wholesale, Corentyne, to rehabilitate the Canefield New Area Road.The contract document was signed on Tuesday in the community by contractor Peter Lewis and the Region Six Executive Officer,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Bhadase Poonai.The thoroughfare would be upgraded to a surface that could accommodate up to five tonnes. At the completion of the first phase,Jerseys NFL China, the Regional Administration and residents must signal their satisfaction before work on the last leg commences.The first stage of the project is to have the road shoulders grubbed, scarified and a four-inch bauxite capping applied. The second stage is for the application of DBST,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, two layers of tar and crusher run material.Region Six Community Relations Officer Six, Faizal Jaffarally, explained that this is in keeping with a promise made by Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha that all contracts would be signed in the area concerned and witnessed by residents.This, he said, is to allow for maximum involvement of members of the community who will not only be the beneficiaries but the watch dogs as well.One resident questioned the decision to have a five-tonne roadway. “If you have a house to build, the truck is already over five tones; wha happen deh?”The Regional Chairman explained that since provision was not made in the 2008 Regional Budget for this project,Jerseys NFL Cheap, the Administration must cut its coat to suit its cloth.The necessary funds had to be raised and cutbacks had to be done in other programme areas.Another concern by residents was about other streets in need of repair. One gentleman suggested that should there be any material remaining when the old roadway and the shoulders are dug,China NFL Jerseys, that it be used to patch other streets.However, since the present thoroughfare would not be dug there is hardly the possibility that any material would be available.