Work Begins On Ikwerre-Abonnema Wharf Roads’ Repair

In line with the Zero-Potholes policy of the Governor Nyesom Wide-led administration in Rivers State, work has commenced on the problematic axis of the roads opposite The Tide newspaper which had been stalling free flow of traffic and business over the years.

The Tide reports that similar work had been on at Azikiwe/Ojoto, and other streets in the Diobu, D/Line and Old Township areas of Port Harcourt  paving the way for free flow of traffic in the areas.

The China Civil Engineering Corporation Company (CCECC), one of the two contracting firms handling the project had mobilized its workforce and machinery, promising to complete the job on schedule.

Speaking with The Tide at the site, the Project Surveyor, Mr. Victor Atiba, said the company’s job was to design and construct the roads with the aim to ensure that no potholes exist on the roads in Port Harcourt and its environs.

According to him, “the Wike-led government is determined to make the city of Port Harcourt pothole-free of its roads”.

Atiba said the company was pleased that the government gave it an aspect of the contract, and promised that the whole job would be delivered to the satisfaction of the government.

“We are pleased with the government and we will take the task and hope to deliver the projects as at when due”, he said.

He assured the people of Rivers State that the era of bad roads will soon be over and all roads would be motorable as soon as the projects were completed while traffic jams would be reduced.

It would be recalled that the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, had in his maiden address promised  pothole-free roads in Port Harcourt and its environs which he is vigorously executing.

The governor, during an inspection to some of the roads under rehabilitation in Diobu recently, expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far by CCECC, and hoped that before the administration marks 100 days in office, all bad roads in the City of Port Harcourt would have been completely repaired.

Shedie Okpara

Culled from www.thetidenewsonline.com