Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
The Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi yesterday, inspected the continued rehabilitation of Kaiama-Ahoada part of the East-West street destroyed by the disastrous flood that occurred in 2022 in Rivers State.
The minister had on Monday, inspected the Aba- Umuahia part of the Port Harcourt – Enugu Street and the Eleme-Onne part of the East -West street.
In the course of the go to on the Kaiama-Ahoada part street restore, THISDAY noticed that the contractor, Rock Outcomes Nigeria Restricted, had already began casting curvets for the street rehabilitation to start correctly.
Indigenous labourers had been additionally sighted on the building web site, busy attempting to satisfy up with time estimated for the mission.
On the web site for Umuahia-Aba part of the Port Harcourt of the street being dealt with by China Civil Engineering Development Company (CCECC) Umahi who was happy with the continued job, assured that federal authorities is set to offer Nigerians higher and stable roads.
He faulted those that are criticising among the initiatives, saying that as an skilled engineer who’ve served the nation in several capability, would ship, particularly now that he’s the works minister.
He recommended the contractors for his or her work saying: “I’m very impressed with their work. They’re additionally doing what we’ve been emphasising that we must always make the carriage methods motorable and the little locations which might be left, earlier than the tip of April, I’m directing that they need to full it.
“Let me say that this part of the street is so unhealthy, and what we’re doing right here by our redesign is to dig, generally as much as one metre , then we fill again with lumps, sharp sand and stone base and switch it to visitors and in so doing I’m positive the street will probably be protected.”
To Reynolds Development Firm (Nigeria) Restricted (RCC), contractors dealing with rehabilitation of the Eleme-Onne part of the East-West street, Umahi stated the pace was not superb.
“The RCC if they don’t improve the tempo, I’ll take out a portion of this street and provides to different contractors. We’d not need a contractor to remain on a job like this 15km by 30km though is a really specialised form of building.
“Those that are querying for the price of this coastal street, on the time the design was not like this, was dearer that the conventional street per kilometre. We had been quarrying earlier than, however they’re presently following directions,” Umahi added.