The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has disclosed that it plans to repair damaged portions of Federal Government roads across the country. This was made known during an interview on Sunday by the acting Managing Director, FERMA, Mr Godson Amos, who stated that the repairs are necessary to alleviate the delays experienced by road users as a result of damaged roads.
He said, “The failures on the roads are mostly caused by the incessant rainfall being experienced in many parts of the country, which results in cutting off of roads embankment and collapsing of many carriageway sections at many locations across the country.
“Also excessive traffic, overloading of vehicles coupled with the age of the roads are other factors that have contributed to the dilapidation of the federal roads. This hinders the free flow of traffic, causing colossal damages to vehicles, wastages of productive man hours and huge discomfort to road users.”
He further stated that the Agency’s engineers have carried out an appraisal of the federal roads and have identified critical failures with the view of taking further action.
According to him, paucity of funds is one of the major challenges interrupting FERMA’s efforts to regularly maintain over 36,000 kilometers of Federal Government roads nationwide, adding that the recent rainfall, excessive traffic and over-loading of vehicles are some of the factors responsible for the dilapidated roads.
