 Wilson Minshall, father of "masman" Peter Minshall, remarked “The new Roosevelt–Churchill Highway has swept across the country from Cumuto to a point near Laventille with the force of a flood rushing into a quiet valley.Cleared and graded but not yet surfaced, its naked earth weaves and interweaves protesting patterns under the wheels of army trucks and construction tractors that cannot wait until the road is finished.Opened in 1942 and reserved exclusively for military traffic, with exceptions being made for top-ranking civil service personnel.