Cultivated plots of land on the outskirts of Dakar produce great quantities of the more perishable, cash crop vegetables for local and city markets. Cement blocks curing alongside these hand-watered gardens are a signal that this sort of agriculture will eventually be displaced in favor of new, modern neighborhoods and communities. During 2014 an expanding stretch of highway and the new airport scheduled to open in 2015 have already prompted a transformation of miles of open land around them in a real estate and development boom.