Nigeria: FRSC Sends SOS to FG Over Threat of Bridge Collapse in Bayelsa

11 October 2008

Yenagoa — The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has sent a save-our-soul to the federal government over the deplorable condition of the East-West road, warning that if urgent steps are not taken in the areas of road and bridges rehabilitation, the Kaima bridge in Kolokuma/Opokuma area of Bayelsa and Mbiama bridge in Ahoada area of Rivers State may collapse.

The FRSC coordinator in Bayelsa State , Special Marshal Ebidamowei Roberts said though the commission had done much in the area of alerting commuters and road users on the dangers in the areas, the condition of the two bridges in Kaima and Okoso in Mbiama has turned the area into death traps.

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