By Tony Adibe
The Enugu State Government said it has completed over 400 kilometers of asphalted roads in the Urban areas especially Enugu metropolis within one year of the new administration of Governor Peter Mbah. The State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Gerald Otiji, disclosed this in a media chat with reporters on Thursday in Enugu.
He said that the government had been working hard to complete the first phase of 81 roads flagged off by the Governor Mbah last but for the collapse of the New Artisan Bridge on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Highway last year.
He, however, said that 51 roads had so far been completed while some were at various stages of completion. Otiji said that the government was working towards completing all the urban roads in the state by 2025. He also disclosed that about 240 kilometres had been completed in semi-urban areas.
“We are also working on some numbers of rural roads, stretching kilometers, at various stages of completion as well,” he said. Otiji said that the Governor had promised to power lit all the roads in the state to aid night driving. He, however, said that the residents did not need to lobby for the government to do construct or reconstruct their roads.
He said that the ministry would see to every road because it was carrying out its road construction systematically so as to make sure that all roads were done in accordance to the Governor’s promise. He said that some of the semi-urban roads constructed/reconstructed included: roads in Emene, Amechi area, Idodo, Ninth Mile, Ngwo area, among others.
