By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
Calabar — Cross River State Government has spent about N1.5 billion on the rehabilitation of Federal Government roads in the state. Governor Liyel Imoke stated this while inspecting on-going rehabilitation work undertaken by the state government on Calabar-Itu federal highway.

He said the amount covers Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja Road, Ikom-Obudu Ranch Road and Calabar-Itu Road terminating at the bridge end of Cross River State border with Akwa Ibom State.

Imoke attributed the constant breakdown of Calabar-Itu Road to the increase in vehicular movements on the road due to the presence of a cement plant, new tank farms, a flour mill and 30 quarries in the state.

He explained that about 300 heavy trucks ply the road daily carrying about 600 bags of cement each.

, while the expansion of the flour mills has resulted in thousands of metric tons of the commodity being moved out of Calabar daily with the quarries supplying stones to various construction sites within the south-south geopolitical zone and beyond.