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The Federal Government has assured that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway will be ready for use in 14 months. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of the rigid pavement of Section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) on Thursday. DAILY POST reports that
Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway ready in 14 months – FG
The Federal Government has assured that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway will be ready for use in 14 months.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of the rigid pavement of Section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) on Thursday.
DAILY POST reports that while Section 1 of the road is from Abuja to Kaduna, Section 2 is from Kaduna to Zaria, and Section 3 is from Zaria to Kano.
The description and scope of works include scarification and pulverisation of the existing bituminous surface as sub-base material and filling of embankments. Other works include the provision of approved crushed rock material (wet or dry) to 100mm thickness with three per cent stabilisation in shoulders and carriageway, reinforced concrete-lined drains, and other hydraulic structures where necessary.
Additionally, the scope includes the provision of median barriers and median drains where necessary, as well as the provision of CRCP 200mm thick on the carriageway and shoulders.
The Information Minister said that his colleague, Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, had explained extensively and put the politics of the road to rest.
“President Bola Tinubu is very committed and determined to ensure that this road from Abuja to Kano is completed in a record time of 14 months. This is the reason the government cancelled the road contract with the former contractor who said it would complete the road in three years. The government refused and insisted on 14 months. That is also why it was broken into three segments for ease of construction. Nigerians, especially those plying this road, are anxious to see that the road is completed,” he said.
According to him, any delay would not be accepted.
“The President has given a matching order, and the National Assembly has also given them the necessary cooperation and there will be no issues. Within 14 months, we are going to have a brand-new road from the Abuja end to Kano,” Idris said.
Meanwhile, Umahi explained that there was an extension of the road to Aminu Kano International Airport and another five-kilometre extension on the Abuja-Lokoja end of the road.
He added that Section 1 of the road starts at Zuba Junction, Zuba Interchange, and terminates at Kaduna Western Bypass in Kaduna, reiterating that the road, which will have solar lights, would last between 50 and 100 years.
“Note that the existing pavement between Abuja and Kaduna has undergone different levels of deterioration over the years. This has caused failure due to alligator cracks, corrugation, shoving, underground pumping, rutting, ravelling, potholes, and poor drainage. The ministry quickly intervened by commencing emergency repairs on this stretch in order to ameliorate the suffering of the road users. The maintenance work is in progress in four different stretches simultaneously in order to fast-track the repair works,” Umahi said.
Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway ready in 14 months – FG
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