By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye
Delta State Commissioner for Works, Mr Noel Omordon, has assured commuters and road users of the Ugheli/Asaba Road of free flow of traffic on the failed portion of the road at Obo River axis at Ogwashi-Uku that caved in during construction by Wednesday May 17, 2023.
The work Commissioner visited the failed bridge twice Tuesday, assured that with the extent of work being done by the contractor handling the Ughelli/Asaba road dualization, definitely, the road will be open for use in Wedneaday, May 17, 2023.
It could be recalled that the Asaba/Ughelli road which is under construction by Delta State Government, caved in at the Obo River axis of Ogwashi-Uku on Monday, May 15, after the river, which was diverted to create space for the construction of a bridge overwhelmed the temporary channel, causing it to erode the soil and culverts underneath.
Commissioner Omordon who visited the site in the morning of Tuesday May 16, 2023, to monitor the pace of work at the site, stated that excavators had been deployed to reopen the filled natural waterway and block the temporary channel to be able to pile the failed portion.
He revealed that the temporary channel had been blocked and the failed portion was being piled with laterite awaiting compaction before he left the site around 7pm.
“Having achieved this much, the road would be ready for use on Wednesday May 17, 2023.” The Works commissioner confidently told newsmen, even as he sympathized with road users, who have to take long alternative routes to get to their destination, for the inconvenience the development had caused them.