The Federal Government has completed arrangement for the dualisation of the Calabar Itu-Ikot Ekpene-Aba federal highway.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola disclosed this on while on a facility tour in Cross River State to inspect federal roads in the state. He said the Federal Government was mindful of its obligations and desirous of discharging them.
Fashola, who visited the Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, said the ministry has assessed claims by the states for reimbursement and have forwarded them to the Presidency. Fashola said the inspection and eventual reconstruction of roads was in fulfillment of the implementation of the 2016 Budget.
Federal Controller of Works in Cross River State, Chinwoba Agbana, said the Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekepene-Aba road is under procurement and that the reconstruction of the road would begin soon, adding that the road would be dualised.
According to him, four project contractors have been mobilised to site across the state for various road projects, particularly, the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu axis. He said about 80 percent of roads in the state were federal roads mostly in deplorable conditions.
While expressing appreciation to the Federal Government for the rehabilitation done on the Calabar-Itu Road, which he noted has alleviated the sufferings of travellers, Agbana said a lot more is still needed to be done.
