Anambra State Government Certifies Arroma Flyover Bridge As Strong And Stable. ONN (Reports)
Anambra state government has assured motoring public that the flyover at Arroma bridge is strong, stable and can withstand any traffic.
The Commissioner for Works, Engineer Marcel Ifejiofor gave the assurance when he went on fact finding visit on Arroma axis of the bridge .
ONN crew and other journalists were taken on an assessment tour of the bridge.
Addressing journalists after the tour, Engineer Ifejiofor said that contrary to the report on social media that there is crack on the bridge, what was on the bridge is an engineering technicality , which was put in place to accommodate the concrete which tends to expand as the years go by.
Engineer Ifejiofor maintained that the three bridges in Awka, Arroma, Kwata and Amawbia are very strong as they were built to international standards.
Engineer Ifejiofor said the bridges were barricaded to avoid fatality as according to him, articulated vehicles may break down and cause road crash or traffic on the flyover.
He said that the present administration has constructed fifteen bridges, four inherited and eleven completed and still counting and added that Governor Willie Obiano is a man of high taste and cannot accept any shoddy job.
Speaking, the contractor that handled the project, Mr Yusuf Zreb explained that there are lines on the bridge as a result of the expansion Joints for retaining walls which they built to protect the bridge from accident effects.
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