Hartland Nigeria Limited has mobilized equipment and personnel to the recently reported failed section of the Chiedu Oko building materials market axis of the Asaba- Benin highway, by Ezenei Avenue junction, Asaba.
When our reporter visited the site on Thursday, heavy duty equipment were seen working on the failed spots under the supervision of officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and the contracting firm.
The State Commission for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr. Charles Aniagwu, was also at the spot to monitor the progress of work.
In an interview with newsmen, Mr. Aniagwu said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori was worried about the difficulties commuters had faced since the road failed, adding that the state government had constantly interfaced with the relevant Federal authorities on the matter
The Commissioner revealed that the State Ministry of Works had concluded plans to intervene in the rehabilitation of the failed section before the Federal Ministry of Works , through the Acting Controller of Works in the state, Engr. Matthew Ogar, prevailed on the contractor awarded the job to treat the problem with utmost urgency.
He said government would want to see a lasting respite for users of the road and urged the contractor to mobilize more to be able to quickly fix the road to standard considering the heavy traffic on the highway.
Also speaking, the Acting State Controller of Works, Federal Ministry of Works, Engr. Matthew Ogar, said the rehabilitation of the 83.2 kilometer stretch of the Delta end of the over 20-year old Asaba–Benin highway had been awarded to Hartland Nigeria Limited.
Engr Ogar said the contractor had started work from the Alifekede boundary end of the road, but had to be directed to move to the failed section for urgent repair works, pending when the problem would be permanently fixed with drains to connect to a discharge point 8.2 kilometers away.
The Project Manager of Hartland Nigeria Limited, handlers of the job, Engr. Duke Ighiere, said the company had carried out some repair works on the affected section three weeks ago, but that more failed spots developed afterwards.
Engr. Ighiere said the road was being re-enforced with hard core to withstand the pressure of heavy vehicular traffic and assured that the failed section would be fixed in two days time and normal flow of traffic restored.
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