DICKSON ADMINISTRATION FINISHES STRONG WITH LAST-MINUTE PROJECTS



- SET TO COMMISSION BRIDGES, ROADS, CONFERENCE CENTRE

By Pat PA Okon

The outgoing administration of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson will commission several projects before leaving office on February 14.

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Godwin Konyefa, who disclosed this in a press statement, said it is part of the finishing strong initiative of the administration.

He said Governor Dickson directed that all projects near 90 per cent completion must be completed and commissioned for the benefit of Bayelsans.

Konyefa listed some of the projects to include the Onopa Bridge, which leads to the New Yenagoa City,  the Opume Bridge in Ogbia Local Government Area and the Harold Dappa-Biriye Conference Centre in Onopa.

He also stated that the newly constructed roads to be commissioned are the High Profile road by the Nigerian Airforce Mobility Command, the Kpansia Market road and the Yenizue-Gene New GRA main access road.

Others are the Bayelsa Palm and the old Assembly Quarters roads, which had been completed and already in use.

On the Isaac Boro expressway, the Works Commissioner said the completed first phase of the project between Oxbow Lake and Opolo Roundabout will also be commissioned while the second phase between Opolo and Tombia Roundabout at Etegwe will be resurfaced and that the flyover at the roundabout would be done by future administrations in the state.

Konyefa appealed to users of the expressway to bear with the construction teams during the period of the resurfacing job.

It was gathered that the governor had equally directed various ministries and agencies with projects that are near completion to finish them for commissioning. Such projects include 84 of the 105 health centres in the 105 wards across the state under the Ministry of Health as well as the renovated Samson Siasia Sports Complex.

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