{"id":38235,"date":"2024-06-20T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ferma-rehabilitates-collapsed-twin-bridges-in-ebonyi\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:04:32","slug":"ferma-rehabilitates-collapsed-twin-bridges-in-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ferma-rehabilitates-collapsed-twin-bridges-in-ebonyi\/","title":{"rendered":"FERMA rehabilitates collapsed twin bridges in Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>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<p>The dead trap portion of the highway for a year now has been a nightmare to motorists and other road users.<\/p>\n<p>The area, located very close to the popular Ukwuachi on the expressway, almost became impassable, with accidents and robbery incidents occurring daily.<\/p>\n<p>Akinyemi Ojo, Maintenance Engineer of FERMA, Ebonyi State Field Office, noted that the route became life-threatening following a washout on the road.<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105629\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0047.jpg 587w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0047-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0047-470x1024.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\"><\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\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<p>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.<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105628\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0046.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240620-WA0046-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\"><\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>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<p>FERMA rehabilitates collapsed twin bridges in Ebonyi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collapsed twin bridge and road along the ever-busy Abakaliki-Enugu Highway have been rehabilitated by the Federal Roads Management Agency,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651,4909,15],"tags":[18678,2604,654,4910,180,18676,18677],"class_list":["post-38235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ebonyi","category-ferma","category-news","tag-bridges","tag-collapsed","tag-ebonyi","tag-ferma","tag-news","tag-rehabilitates","tag-twin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}