To ensure the speedy completion of Minna-Bida Road, the Niger State Government is putting up measures to restrict the heavy-duty vehicles from plying the road.
The position of Government was disclosed by the Chairman Infrastructure Project Monitoring Committee Ibrahim while leading the team on a fact-finding mission on factors responsible for the slow pace of work and to inspect the ongoing road project.
The team noted that unless the restriction is made, the pace of work on the road would be slow, pointing out that the heavy trucks have constituted nuisance and source of distraction to the contractor handling the project.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Niger State governor, Mary Noel-Berje “rainfall is said to be another factor militating against the progress of the project.”
The government assured the public that it will remain committed to the project as the contractor has been mobilized and have moved to the site with their equipment, while urging the people to show understanding and give maximum corporation towards the success of the project.
The state government also called on the Federal Government to urgently fix the federal roads in the state, pointing out that it will give a window period after which no articulated vehicle would be allowed to pass through the Minna-Bida and Lapai-Paiko-Minna roads.
It added that the roads that are allowed for all heavy-duty equipment are the Mokwa-Tegina-Birnin Gwari and Bida-Agaie-Lambata roads owned by the Federal Government.
The Project Manager, Minna-Bida Road, Dantata and Sowoe Mr Fahir Ibrahim lamented that their efforts on the road was being hampered by heavy-duty vehicles.
The Project Manager, who acknowledged the importance attached to the road by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello and the need for them to deliver a quality road without compromise, said the Construction Company is a renowned one in the country with over 25 years of experience.
He then assured the government and people of the state of a road that will stand the test of time while calling on the public for patience bearing in mind the present weather condition that is being characterized with heavy rainfall.
The Committee also visited the Main Yard where the for the road construction were kept while quarry activities are ongoing and a ditch at the middle of the road on a bridge was also inspected by the Committee with a promise to salvage the situation before it collapses.
