PHOTO: Assessment of the damaged road at the weekend
Repair works on the Robersports highway in Liberia’s western Grand Cape Mount County is expected to begin on Monday, August 2, 2021, the Communications Officer of Bea Mountain Mining Company has confirmed to www.newspublictrust.com.
Mr. Henry V. Vincent confirmed via mobile phone over the weekend, that the company has decided to intervene on the road, after part of the highway was cut off by erosion Friday night after a heavy down pour of rain.
Mr. Vincent said earthmoving equipment is currently being mobilized to be taken to the site of the damage on the Mandina-Robertsports highway.
According to Bea Mountain Company’s spokesman, during their assessment on Saturday, July 31, they identified four areas on the road which they will be working on as a temporary measure, but he said the entire road needs to paved or rehabilitated in the long run.
During the assessment, he said it was observed that one reason for the damage was that there was no culvert.
The Company’s assessment of the situation followed approach by the local authorities in Grand Cape Mount County.
Assistant Superintendent for fiscal affairs, Varney A. Sheriff accompanied the assessment team.
Superintendent Sheriff is calling on residents of Robertsport City and its environs to be calm, as they are doing everything under their control to find solution to situation.
The Fiscal Affairs Superintendent is warning the business community not to increase prices due to the situation that has occurred adding that citizens the County should stop playing politics with the growth and development of Grand Cape mount as the County remains supreme overall.
In another related Development, alarm has been raised that bridge under Mambo Hill in Tewor District is in a bad shape and is serving as a death, as only motorbikes currently barely manage to cross.
This bridge has also been damaged due to heavy rains in late June.
A resident Mambo Hill said the bridge links towns and villages in upper Tewor and Porkpa Districts.
If there is not quick intervention about the damaged bridge, this may cause serious economic problems for locals in the area, with increase in transportation fares, difficulties for pregnant women and other patients to access Health facilities on the other side of the bridge.
Meanwhile, the head for the District Platform for Dialogue, Melvin B. Kamara has attributed the poor management of the road to lapses by the Grand Cape Mount County Legislative Caucus, who have shown little attention.
Mr. Kamara said although members of the Caucus always plying the road and seeing the deplorable condition it is in, no move has been made to get the Public Works Ministry and other relevant government agencies to do something about it. Report by Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com