By Festus Ahon

ASABA—DELTA State Government has said that it was committed to the completion of the multi million naira Ughelli/Asaba Road dualization project before May 29, 2015.

State Commissioner for Special Duties in charge of the road project, Mr David Anuku who gave the assurance while on inspection of the project, dispelled insinuations that the 145km road project has been abandoned by the state government, noting “The Ughelli/Asaba dual carriage road project is a star project of the Emmanuel Uduaghan government, it will be delivered before May 29, 2015.”

Anuku said the contractors handling the project, CCC in charge of the section A & B and ULO consultants which is working on the section C of the road had promised to increase the pace of work on the project during this dry season, noting that work on the project was suspended during the rainy season to enable contractors correct some engineering defects on it.

Observing that there was the need to address the issues of drainages, gutters and bridges among others especially on section C of the road, the commissioner said work on section ‘A’ “which is Ughelli to Arhade in Isoko axis of the state is 50 per cent completed, section B from Arhade to Osissa in Ndokwa East, 97 percent completed while section C from Ossissa to Ogwashi-Uku-Asaba has engineering issues that need to be resolved with the contractors.”

Anuku said that the state government will not leave any stone unturned in completing the road, adding that it was a link between Warri Port and Onitsha, the commercial hub of the east.