Liberia, July 7 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has launched the US$16 million Extension of the Japan Freeway Project, describing the road as one of Liberia's most strategically important transport corridors and reaffirming his administration's commitment to expanding infrastructure as a catalyst for economic growth.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend, President Boakai said the project continues his government's aggressive infrastructure agenda, following the recent launch of two major road corridors covering 255 kilometers in western Liberia and the Mendikorma-Voinjama Highway in the country's northwestern region.

"Over the past three months, we broke ground on two major road corridors central to my Administrati...