The deplorable condition of the Owerri/ Port Harcourt expressway has become a source of great concern to motorists plying the road, especially from the Imo State end, starting from Umuagwo to the Umupapu, a stretch of over six kilometers. And with the rainy season not yet over, the road has become more nightmarish, forcing motorists to take the Owerri/Aba expressway, which is a longer route to Port Harcourt.For the Imo State government, the abandonment of the section of the road that connects Imo and Rivers State was more of politics as the state has wondered why a contractor handling such a major interstate road would decide to stop work abruptly if not at the instance of the Federal government.
Governor Okorocha raising the alarm over the deplorable state of the road lamented that it was nothing but a glaring death trap.
“The road has become a glaring death trap with some Imo indigenes and some other people losing their lives either through accidents or armed robbery attacks that occur on that part of the road almost on daily basis.
“With every sense of responsibility the Federal Government is called upon to fix the road without further delay to save Imo people and other road users from further deaths. It is worrisome where the contractor handling a major project like the Port Harcourt/Owerri expressway could get to the point where the road connects Imo State and stopped, and since then, nobody has seen the need for that part of the road to be done so that the people of the state and other users can enjoy it because all Nigerians irrespective of their political affiliations use the road.
“But it is avowedly regrettable that the contractor doing the road could get to Imo State side of the project and stopped work for quite a long time now,” the governor lamented.
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