Unic Press UK: On Thursday, the Abia State government initiated the reconstruction of Faulks Road in Aba.
At the ceremony marking the flag off of the reconstruction, the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, said:
“I know that previous administrations in the state made several attempts to reconstruct this road, but they failed because proper attention was never paid to the Ifeobara basin. But this time, we have given the work to a competent company like Setraco and we know Setraco will do the job, and I will be coming personally every week to see what they’re doing because this road is important to us.
“Faulks road is 4.6km and Setraco will also do another 5.6km underground water channel that will take the storm waters from Ifeobara basin to Aba River. This is a permanent solution to the problem of Ukwu-mango and the flood water along Faulks road.
“The total cost of doing both the 4.5km road and 5.6km underground water channel is N6.8b. We can’t spend this amount of money and return here again, that is why we gave the job to a competent company like Setraco.
“Those of you who build houses and shops on the water ways, I want to announce to you that we have asked Setraco to bring down any obstacle on their way to ensuring that the job is done properly.
“Let us also tell our traditional rulers and youths that we will not tolerate anybody that will disrupt or disturb what we have come to do here. This road is important to us because of Ariaria international market. We promised you during campaigns that we will do this road and we have come to fulfil our promise. You must support us to fix this road.”
