The Federal Government says all palliative repairs on bad spots of Federal and state roads within Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have been ongoing smoothly and seamlessly.
They made the disclosure while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Survey, entitled, “Terrible State of Nigerian Roads.’’
The Federal Controller of Works, Enugu State, Mr Smart Okpi, told NAN that requests had been made and approval granted for contractors handling various roads to effect repairs on failed spots/portions without further delays.
Okpi said that the project tagged ‘Ember Months Repairs’, started a few weeks ago with some bad spots of the single lane of Enugu-Abakaliki Road, which started from the New Market Roundabout, Enugu, being fixed.
According to him, when the bad spots on New Market Roundabout-FRSC-NYSC-All Saints Church axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Road were fixed by the contractor handling the dualisation of the road, most residents thought it was the state government doing it.
He said, “We are doing repairs on bad spots of the Aba-Port Harcourt bound section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway being handled by the contractor doing the ongoing reconstruction work.
“We also have ongoing work on bad spots on 9th Mile-Opi Road; 9th Mile-Nsukka-Obolloafor Road and 9th Mile-Amansea-Awka Old Road, being done by the contractors handling the various reconstructions of these roads.
“There is ongoing filling of these roads with stones, granites, sands and laterite in the bad spots to make them motorable for yuletide and beyond.“The repairs are ongoing even as the actual reconstruction is also ongoing and to be completed by the same contractors handling the projects as part of an afore-agreed terms with the contractors to reduce waste and duplication.” (The Guardian)