The annual Christmas road cleaning program began on Monday 26th November 2018, throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Minister of Transport and Works Julian Francis said the program which is carried out quarterly, will see some 500 gangs spread across the county.
The minister noted that the Program being carried out by The Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority, BRAGSA, will employ six thousand eight hundred persons during the cleanup period.
Francis said individuals employed with the program would be paid in time for the Christmas holidays.
Some 3 Million EC dollars would be expended on the program, this year.