PIMD commends Okpebholo over ongoing road projects in Edo

The Special Adviser on Projects Implementation and Monitoring Department (PIMD), Mrs Phoebe Williams-Bello, has thanked Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo for embarking on various road projects across the state.

Williams-Bello made the remarks during the department’s quarterly site inspection on Wednesday in Benin.

According to her, we are not yet two years in office, and the governor has embarked on massive and brave road construction projects in the state, and we are happy about it.

“Presently, we are in the rainy season, and Edo has a lot of rainy weather, if not more than the dry season, and contractors are still on sites. Why? Because the governor is funding the projects.

“For now, we are advising our contractors to do more concrete works due to the wet weather. They are trying, and we urge them to keep doing quality work,” she said.

She explained that in areas where the contractors were yet to arrive at pavement level, they were urged to embark on palliative work to enable road users to have some relief.

She, however, expressed satisfaction with the quality and pace of work on all the projects visited during her inspection tour.

On his part, Mr Shola Adegboye, the Technical Officer in charge of the Adesuwa Flyover, revealed that they were taking advantage of the rainy season to focus on the concrete works of the ongoing bridge construction.

Adegboye said the work was beginning to take shape, as they were close to 60 per cent completion.

According to him, presently, we are working on the pile cap, and also on the retaining walls, the piers, and we are taking advantage of the rainy season to focus on the concrete works.

“So that by the time the dry season sets in, our concrete is already up, and then we can do our filling and the project begins to take shape. Presently, we are within the time limit,” he said.

Speaking on the level of work on the Adesuwa Flyover Bridge, Mr Theophilous Obasuyi, an engineer from the state Ministry of Works, said they had completed 50 per cent of the work.

Obasuyi said that, with the pace of work, they were within the agreed time frame for completing the project.

Another engineer handling the Uhie 4.7-kilometre road construction work, Mr Mohamed Fathy, assured that the road would be delivered within the stipulated time.

Among the projects visited were the Adesuwa Flyover, rehabilitation work on the Benin-Sapele Road, Benin-Sapele Water Storm Project, Evbukhu and Old Road construction, Ramat Park Flyover, Oghgeghe Road construction, among others