Users of the Ughelli-Asaba road will soon heave a sigh of relief as the Delta State Government has approved contract for the completion of the road.
Speaking after the State Executive Council meeting held at the EXCO Chambers, Government House, Asaba, and presided over by the state Acting Governor, Barister Kingsley Utuaro, the state Commissioner for Information, Chief Patrick Ukah, disclosed that the completion of the dualization of Ughelli-Asaba road, sector A and that of sector C1 from Ossissa to Kwale junction in Ogwashi Uku were approved.
Chief Ukah stated that the approval was to ensure safety of lives and property of persons who use the road and facilitate the evacuation of goods across the state.
Furthermore, the state EXCO approved the completion of the Ugbolu/Akwukwu-Igbo road from Local Government Council Secretariat to Akwukwu Board camp in Oshimili North Local Government Area.
Other roads that got the nod of the EXCO are the Idumuesah/Ute-Alohen road, rehabilitation/construction of Owa-Oyibu/Udomi-Abavo road and rehabilitation/construction of Owa-Alero Internal Roads, Owa-Alero, all in Ika North East Local Government Area.
Recall that gallantreporters had guestioned the abandonment of the Ugbolu/Akwukwu Igbo road after over a decade it was awarded.
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