RSG Begins Rehab Of Chokocho-Umuayagu Road

The Rivers State Ministry of Works has begun rehabilitation works on the bad portions of the Chokocho-Umuayuagu Road in Etche Local Government Area.
The 21-kilometer road is a federal road but has been taken up by the state government to reduce the plight of citizens, according to the state Commissioner for Works, Hon. Austin Ben-Chioma.
Ben- Chioma, who said this during a routine inspection of the road, disclosed that the state government cannot wait for the Federal Government to revamp the route, as Etche was a crucial agro-producing area of the state.
He stated that the condition of the road was deplorable, adding that the state government cannot wait on the Federal Government while the citizens suffer, since lots of food products were transported to the city through the route.
The commissioner said that aside the economy, the road when finally fixed, would reduce the plight of motorists who have in the past protested over the poor condition of the road.
Already, engineers and other workers have been mobilised to site to begin work.
According to specifications, the rehabilitation work would commence from Okomoko outskirts to the main town from where it would link Umuayagu.
It would be recalled that the road had been abandoned with huge gullies caused by heavy vehicular movement, especially from those diverting from the Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway now under construction.

By: Kevin Nengia