There was huge excitement from FCT residents in Kuje Area Council when the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike commenced inspection of road projects in that Council.
Hundreds of members of the communities lined up the road sides as thronged to catch a glimpse of the Minister as he inspected the entire two road projects on Wednesday.
Recall that Wike had, barely two weeks ago, flagged off rehabilitation and construction of roads in each of the Councils; revealing his dislike for carrying out projects beyond one year.
The roads are the six-lane dual carriageway, running from the Airport Expressway to Kuje Junction and the five-kilometre dual carriageway from Garage Junction to LEA Secretariat.
Wike, who explained that the five-kilometre dual carriage way from Garage Junction to LEA Secretariat was nominated by the Council’s Chairman and stakeholders in the area, added that the contractor had done earth work covering 2.5 kilometres, which would be followed by drainage network.
“The contractor has agreed that the road will be completed before the end of the year. We are very impressed,” he said.
“The one from the Airport Expressway to Kuje Junction is a six-lane dual carriageway, being handled by Arab Contractors.
The contractor has also promised to complete all the earth work before the end of the year. This is a very interesting news to us, indicating that we will reach our target by end of the year”, Wike stated.
Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority, Engr. Shehu Hadi-Ahmad, earlier said that the road linking the Airport Expressway to Kuje township would covers 11 kilometres.
He explained that between the Airport Expressway to Kuje junction, the road would cross over two rivers and also cross over the Outer Southern Expressway that would link the city centre with Gwagwalada Expressway.
Hadi-Ahmad added that the Airport Expressway to Kuje Junction would cover nine kilometres, while the remaining two kilometres would extend backward towards Kyami District of the Federal Capital City.
The Executive Secretary regretted that one of the major challenges affecting delivery of the road was the presence of five towers belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) along the road corridor.
He added that TCN has been contacted and had agreed to relocate the towers; stressing that until the obstructions were removed, work could not take place in the affected areas.
