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A collapsed twin bridge and road along the ever-busy Abakaliki-Enugu Highway have been rehabilitated by the Federal Roads Management Agency, FERMA, in Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n

The dead trap portion of the highway for a year now has been a nightmare to motorists and other road users.<\/p>\n

The area, located very close to the popular Ukwuachi on the expressway, almost became impassable, with accidents and robbery incidents occurring daily.<\/p>\n

Akinyemi Ojo, Maintenance Engineer of FERMA, Ebonyi State Field Office, noted that the route became life-threatening following a washout on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have repaired the washout, made provision for the retaining wall, and filled back the eroded place. We did our work there, and we have asphalted the place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have about two projects in that particular place. There is a spot on the road where people are having accidents on that bridge. So, we have been able to fill this pothole on that road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ojo stated that FERMA will commence another rehabilitation work on another section of the Abakaliki-Enugu highway that was constructed with concrete, which has also become life-threatening for motorists and other road users.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are commencing another one on that same Abakaliki-Enugu highway. We have some patching on the concrete road that was constructed some years ago. There is an area that develops a fault. We are now attending to that road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He decried the state of many federal roads in the state, including Okposi-Nara Road, Abakaliki-Oferekpe Road, Oso Edda-Abia State Border Road, Nguzu-Ohafia Abia State Road, Ishiagu Mile 2 Abia State Border Road, and Afikpo-Okigwe Highway, among others.<\/p>\n

He explained that FERMA has reported the roads to the federal government for urgent attention to save motorists and other road users from untold hardship.<\/p>\n

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