The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Ebonyi State (FERMA) has rehabilitated more portions of the Abakaliki/Enugu highway.
Mr. Akinyemi Ojo, Federal Roads Maintenance Engineer of the Ebonyi State Field Office, stated this in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State.
He noted the agency had to intervene because some portions of the road had become death traps for motorists and other road users
According to him, some of the fixed roads were constructed with concrete.
He blamed road failures on human activities and urged people to avoid disposing of dirts on drainages which can cause floods and destroy the roads.
He said: “We discovered that some concrete roads failed and from investigation, we discovered that it was from the foundation.
“So, after cutting and scooping out, we confirmed that what happened was that water was rushing out from under the ground that showed that the ground level water was up and they didn’t take care of that before the construction.
“That was what caused the failure and that is what we are addressing and correcting.
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“There is a washout at km 8.700 along this Abakaliki/Enugu road, that one has been corrected, we have fixed it and it is motor able.
“When that one happened, our attention was called by the Civil Defense and DSS to that location which they wrote to our agency and immediate action was taken and we were able to rectify that.
“There is another one in that same location, the approach of the bridge. Some months back, it was a death trap for motorists but to the glory of God, we have been able to arrest that, we have fixed it properly and it is working.
“There is another bridge that is accident-prone. Our attention too was called to it by the DSS at the front of FETHA 2 in Abakaliki, here, and we have corrected that. We have opened it for traffic.”