Kano earmarks N1.2bn to fix 42 township roads, roundabouts
Kano state government has earmarked N1.2billion for the maintenance and rehabilitation of 42 township roads and unspecified number of roundabouts. Daily Trust had reported how several roads in the metropolitan areas have deteriorated with many of them washed off by the recurring flooding the state has witnessed in this rainy season. Residents and motorists have […]
Kano state government has earmarked N1.2billion for the maintenance and rehabilitation of 42 township roads and unspecified number of roundabouts.
Daily Trust had reported how several roads in the metropolitan areas have deteriorated with many of them washed off by the recurring flooding the state has witnessed in this rainy season. Residents and motorists have continued to lament this deplorable situation of the roads in the country’s commerce centre.
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But in a statement on Sunday, the commissioner for information, Muhammad Garba, said a technical committee comprising of engineers from the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, the state Urban Planning and Development Agency as well as other Ministries, Department and Agencies has been constituted to study the situation for an urgent action.
He said the committee has already reached out to the contracting firms some of which have been mobilized to undertake the project.
Garba said some of the roundabouts that will receive a facelift with this project include the ones at A.A. Rano Filling Station (Bompai road) and First Bank (Lagos street), which Daily Trust reports had highlighted.
The roads to benefit from this project include Audu bako Way, Sani Marshal Road, Mission Road, Hotoro Tsamiyar Boka Road, Layin Kaura Goje, Sheikh Hassan-Layin Gidan Biredi-Sani Bello Road, Kwanar Jaba-Kwana Hudu-Gayawa Bridge Road.
Others are FCE-Kofar Famfo, Gwarzo Road, Sheikh Jafar Road, Muhammadu Buhari Road, New Hospital Road, Sabo Bakin Zuwo Road, Lamido Crescent, Route to Cancer Treatment Centre, Dakata Road, DanHassa-Eastern Bypass, ‘Yan Mota-Kofar Mazugal, Abagana Street Fagge,Bello Terrace, Alu Avenue and Iyaka Road.
The rest of the roads are Aminu Kano Way-Kofar Ruwa, Festing-Bompai, France Road, Igbo Road, Gwammaja-Wapa, Kurna Babban Layi, Madaki Street Yolawa, Sabon Titi Mandawari, Kwanar Dala-Gidan Malam Aminu Junction, Lafiya Road.