By Ijendu Iheaka
The Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu on Thursday said that the reconstruction of Faulks road-Ukwu Mango - Abayi-Ariaria junction leading to Ariaria market in Aba will cost about N6.8 billion.
Ikpeazu
made this disclosure at the Abayi-Ariaria axis of the road while flagging off
the reconstruction of the 4.6 kilometer road contracted to SETRACO Construction
Company.
He
noted that the company SETRACO took seven months to design the plan for the
reconstruction of the road stressing that he was committed to ensuring that its
perennial flooding problem was solved.
Ikpeazu
said that the reconstruction would involve the construction of the Ife-Obara
basin for the channeling of run-off water from the area while urging property
owners at the basin remove them.
He said that the project would also involve
the construction of a 5.6 kilometer drainage system which would collect water
from Ifeobara basin near Ukwu- Mango to Aba River in Ogbor Hill.
He
said that he promised to rebuild the road during his electioneering in 2015
adding that he has come to fulfill the promise.
He
urged the people not to disrupt the work and promised to be visiting the site
every month to monitor the progress of the work on the site.
Earlier,
the Commissioner for Works, Mr Eziuche Ubani expressed pity for the people
living in that area of the city because of the stress they go through during
rainy season.
He
regretted that past administrations flagged off the reconstruction of that road
and never continued the work but thanked God for changing their story in
Ikpeazu's regime.
The
Chairman, Aba North Traditional Rulers Council, Eze Love Nwogu expressed
happiness over the plan to reconstruct Faulk-Ukwu Mango-Abayi Ariaria link road
by the Ikpeazu's regime.
He
prayed that God would keep the governor and the construction company workers
safe to ensure continued work and completion of the road on time.
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