In much earlier times, the road for horse traffic from Roseau through Geneva
continued through Petite Savanne to Pointe Mulatre as part of the coastal road
circling the island. In the 1950s, the only route between La Plaine and Roseau
available to a motor vehicle was through Pointe Mulatre and Petite Savanne (the
Paix Bouche section), and for some years, that section of the road was improved
and maintained by PWD and Pointe Mulatre Estate, although it was a very
difficult, slow route, because of acute corners, hairpin bends, which were only
negotiable by reversing out. During this period, the road was used for banana
