FERMA to Repair 18,850sqmeters of Potholes, Ahead Festive Period

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano.

The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has vowed to Repair about 18,850 square metres of potholes in the country, as part of the measure to ensure free flow of traffic during the festive period.
The Managing Director of the Agency, Engineer Agboade Oluwayimi, disclosed this during the flags-off ceremony of Operation Connect to Your Destination, in Kano, Monday.
He said at the completion of the program, about 18,850 square metres will be patched, while over 12,000 areas of face section to be recovered.
According to him, 2,700 square meters of overlay will be done and 653 kilometres of the road will be made motorable, while, over 12,000 jobs will be created which would have a huge impact on unemployed economy.
The FERMA boss added: “Operation Connect to Your Destination is a programmer that has been designed to improve the journey time experience of commuters on our roads, and more importantly reduce traffic congestion during the festive period.
“We do know that during the festive period that there is a lot of traffic from the north to the south or from the south to the north. So, the essence of this program is to identify the areas we have bottlenecks within the corridors before the movement of commuters commence.”
He further explained that the agency has mapped out where there is traffic gridlock, “so those areas that we have traffic that’s where the agency is focusing on the work to be done so that the impact will be made on road users.”
In his remarks, the Zonal Coordinator of the Agency, I Barror, explained that operation connect your destination, road projects, was designed to undertake the potholes patching at the Eastern bye-pass (Ch0000 -Ch13+000) along Kano-Maiduguri (Borno State Border) Road in Kano State.
“The choice of Kano-Eastern By-pass for this year’s flag off of the 2nd year/cycle of the program is strategic, as the road which is 13km Dual Carriageway connects the Kano-Kaduna Dual Carriageway up to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, and Kano -Wudil-Jigawa State, up to Maiduguri in Borno State.