The Edo State government is working round the clock to ensure that work is completed on the loads of construction sites that are littering the state at the moment.
This much was revealed by the state Commissioner for Works, Felix Akhabue on Thursday, at the end of an inspection tour of some legacy projects been done in Edo South.
He disclosed that there are over 250km of roads under construction across the state “and more roads are still coming.”
He was accompanied on the tour by some officials of the ministry and select media executives.
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Some of the projects nearing completion that were inspected include the construction of Technical College Road with adjoining roads, erosion control with underground drainage; construction of Evbuotubu Road; construction of the 7 km Okhunmwun Road by Hartland Construction Company; reconstruction of the 12.6 km Upper Ekehuan Road (Urhuokhokho to Ugbineh community) by Hartland Construction Company and the construction and erosion control works of the 1.4km Catholic Charismatic Renewal Road.
Others were the Adesuwa-Sapele Road Flyover by Setraco; Ramat Park Flyover, flood control, gully reclamation and construction of surface and underground drain through Obaseki Street through Ikpoba River by CCECC Nigeria Limited which is 2.48km; construction of the 10.52km Ekiuwa-University of Benin Road by Hartland and the construction of the 4.2km Palace Road by Mutual Commitment Company (MCC). Ltd.
At the Adesuwa – Sapele Road Flyover construction site, Engr. Lorenzin Maurizio of Setraco, assured the Commissioner that the work is going on according to specifications and would be concluded in a short while.
