The Baha Mar road that connects John F. Kennedy to West Bay Street opened yesterday after nine months of construction.
Director of road works for Baha Mar Philip Robinson said the construction process had several challenges.
"We had challenges with weather," Robinson told The Nassau Guardian.
"We had challenges with the road and the design. We had challenges with moving roads as well like Prospect Ridge and Skyline Drive.
"We had challenges with moving BEC's (Bahamas Electricity Corporation) infrastructure and relocating WSC's (Water and Sewerage Corporation) infrastructure.
"It was a challenge cutting hills, as you can see, and Hurricane Sandy gave us a kick in the teeth at the last moment."
The storm impacted the country in October, causing damage to several roads.
However, Robinson said the construction process was far enough along, so the storm did not significantly stall the road works.
In total, the new road, which will be known as Corridor Seven until the government renames it, stretches over 1.2 miles.
The government facilitated the soft opening of the road yesterday.
Baha Mar will officially open the road later this year, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Works Colin Higgs said.
The owners of the cars participating in Bahamas Speed Week christened the road yesterday.
"They are going to speed up the roadway, but that doesn't mean we want people speeding on this nice new highway that we have coming from JFK and Gladstone Road over to West Bay Street," said Higgs at the short opening ceremony.
"We expect people to stay within the speed limit."
Corridor Seven will lead to the main gateway into the Baha Mar hotel complex, which will include the main hotel and casino and convention center.
"We think this will be an excellent north-south link for traffic coming in from the south out to West Bay Street and also a grand entrance to the hotel complex," Higgs said.
Race car driver Jonathon Taylor, of England, drove his 1952 Jaguar along the corridor.
"It's raced all over the world," he said. "I raced it in the UK, Europe and now for the first time I'm racing it in The Bahamas."
The cars are worth millions of dollars.

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