- DTSG Providing Six-Lane Access Road To Site –Oborevwori
- Says ‘Asaba Becoming Highly Attractive To Investors’
BY SUNDAY EGEDE
THE Delta State Government has commenced the construction of a six-lane access road to the proposed Asaba Waterfront City in the state capital.
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, during the inspection of the project yesterday, said it was conceived by the previous administration through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
He said the state government’s role is to construct the six-lane access road while the developers are expected to reclaim the land and develop the project. “Asaba is becoming very attractive to property developers who are coming from Lagos and other places to Asaba. Today, Asaba is home to many from other parts of the country.
“They are coming here because they find Asaba very safe and habitable and they know that we are hospitable. “The Asaba waterfront city project is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement between the state government and the developers.
“Our obligation is to reclaim the place to give them an access route, a six-lane access road, to this place. They have done about 20 per cent of this job; the challenge they are having is the buildings on the right of way. “We have released money for compensation to the property owners and we have also released funds to the contractor for the project. “They have assured us they will complete the road project in July; so, I have come here to look at the work that has been done and I am happy that they are on site.
“If they continue at this speed, I know that before the end of this year, the project will be completed,” he said. At the 4.5km Oko-Amakom to Oko-Obiakpu main alignment road, the governor said, “this road is very important to the people of Oko; it is one meter above the 2012 flood level and the people sought refuge on the road during the last flood.
“The contractor has assured us that the project will be completed in June/July this year.
“What we are spending here on this road is much more than what we would have spent in constructing a 10km road elsewhere because of the terrain.
“It is our strong commitment towards opening up rural areas to enhance the economic development of our rural dwellers.”
On the Marine Road, Off Cable Point Road Asaba, Governor Oborevwori said the road was very important to the people of Asaba because goods come from across the River Niger.
He assured that the state government was working hard to clean up Asaba, stressing, “we want the best for them and I believe that this year, a lot will change.” Governor Oborevwori also inspected the ongoing construction work on Leo Okonweze and Odozi- Obodo Streets, off Ezenei Avenue, in Asaba, and urged the contractors to expedite completion action on them.
