The Federal Capital Territory Administration has opened the completed sections of B6, B12 and Circle Roads in Abuja.
Malam Adamu Abu, Director of Engineering Services, announced this while assessing ongoing road rehabilitation in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said also completed were three underpass bridges at the National Stadium end of the road connecting the Central Business District with the Airport Road.
Abu said the B6, B12 as well as the Circle road projects are nucleus roads traversing the Three Arms Zone, Central and Business District awarded in phases and the first one in 1983.
“The Three Arms Zone houses the Presidential Villa, National Assembly and the Supreme Court while the Central Business District houses the federal ministries, cultural zone, and diplomacy areas, among others.
“The second stage of the project, which included all the roads crossing the B6 and B12 along the Central Business District, was awarded in 1988’’, he said.
The FCTA official stated that the second carriageways of the B6, B12 and Circle Road project were awarded in 2007 but were moving at a slow pace due to poor funding.
He pointed out that the administration had, however, fast-tracked it by making fund available in 2016 Appropriation.
“All these have been completed and opened to the public in fulfillment of the promise made by the minister, which has gone a long way in knocking-off traffic congestion for the motorists coming from the airport axis especially at peak hours.
“The administration has discharged all its obligations by making all outstanding payments to the contractors for the executed and certified work done which has enabled the contractor to return to site and complete the job.
“This is in fulfilling the promise made by the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, to complete ongoing road infrastructure in the Federal Capital City,’’ he said.
Abu said the underpass bridge project was designed to provide conduit for huge pedestrian traffic crossing to and out of the National Stadium from the proposed Stadium Railway Station after every sporting event.
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