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Rivers state Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s has approved the sum ofN80,886,404,836.45kobo for the construction of the 33.5km long Elele-Omoku Road project.
The approval of the fund was made on Tuesday, at the State Executive Council meeting presided by Governor Fubara, alongside his Deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu.
At the meeting, the Council approved a 24-month completion period for the project which is expected to traverse three local government areas of the State, including Ikwerre, Emohua and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Mr Atemea Briggs, said the project will be funded from the savings made from the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State Government.
Briggs said: “The project starts from Elele to Umudioga, Egbeda and Ubumini to Omoku. The total length of the project is 33.5 kilometers. There is an existing road there which is just 7.3 meters width, but the Government wants to dualise this road.
“The proposed road width now is 7.8 meters to be asphalted fully with a road shoulder of 2.5 meters width. I will like to mention that along this road, we have several kilometers of low land, wherein to build a road shall require replacement, filling of the ground by more than 3 meters high.”
He said “The road is also having a bridge of 99 meters long to be built side-by-side the existing one between Egbeda and Omoku. The cost of the project is N80,886,404,836.45k only. It is awarded to Craneburg Construction Company. The delivery period is 24 months.”
