FERMA Expresses Worry Over State Of Federal Roads In Ebonyi
The Federal Roads Management Agency (FERMA) in Ebonyi State has decried the state of many federal roads in the state and called for urgent intervention to save motorists and other road users from untold hardship and economic deprivation.
The Federal Roads Maintenance Engineer of the Agency, Ebonyi State Field Office, Mr. Akinyemi Ojo gave the names of some of the roads to Include Okposi/Nara road, Abakaliki/Oferekpe road, Oso Edda/Abia State border road, Nguzu/Ohafia Abia State road, Ishiagu mile 2 Abia State border road and Afikpo/Okigwe highway, among others.
He explained that the Agency has reported the roads to the federal government adding that the agency will soon commence the rehabilitation of a section of the Abakaliki/Enugu highway which is in a bad state.
“We have some patching of the concrete road that was constructed some years back. There is area that developed fault. We are now attending to that road”, he said.
He said that the agency has just completed the rehabilitation of a collapsing twin-bridge and road along the Abakaliki/Enugu expressway.
The bridge and road is located very close to Ukwuachi on the highway and has become almost impassable with accidents and robbery occuring on it at different times.
According to him, “the road became life threatening following washout on the road. Some months back, we had serious washout, a life threatening washout there. But to glory of God, our agency have been able to approve money to make that reinstatement washout.
“We have repaired the washout, made provision for the retaining wall and filled back the eroded place. We did our work there and we have asphalted the place.
“We have about two projects on that particular place. There is a spot on the road that people are having accidents on that bridge. So, we have been able to fill this pothole on that road”.
Meanwhile motorists playing the ever busy AbakalikiEnugu Express road have commended the agency for it’s quick intervention in the rehabilitation of the bad spot and called on the agency to also intervene in other bad spots of some other federal Roads in the State.
A motorist, Mr. Ifeanyi Chima called on the agency to urgent attend to the Ishiagu Mile 2 express road adding that the road has been abandoned by road users following it’s bad state.
